Need mantras/positive attitude to survive another day at work!

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It started as a nice job - now I'm overworked, stressed, always rushing to get things done and sorting out other people's shit due to a coworker's absence. I now have this horrible feeling in my stomach whenever I think about work. I cannot say 'fuck that' as it's public sector and many people depend on me. Need positive mantras to repeat to myself every time I want to escape and never return! Please help

I can offer you a quote by Herm Albright that used to get me through tough days (also public sector, overworked, underpaid, crap/disinterested management):

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort

I was accused of being cynical - of course I was, I'd been in the public sector for 10 years at that point!

When I was fed up at work, a friend of mine always used to say to me:

"Argeles, it could be worse, you could be an egg. You'd only have got laid once, and the only one to have sat on your face would've been your Mum!"

It's crude and that's why I love it, and it always put a little smile on my face!

I love the egg mantra!