Work hard without the running commentary. Complaining out loud makes the shift longer for everyone nearby.

Narrating how hard something is does not lighten it. It fixes everyone’s attention on the difficulty, including yours, and turns a shared task into a shared mood. The people beside you were managing fine until the clock became the subject. Quiet effort tends to make time move, and commentary tends to stop it.

Try one shift where you say nothing about how tired you are. Not as a test of toughness, just to see what the hours feel like without the soundtrack. If something is genuinely wrong, say it once to someone who can fix it.