I’m not sure if I would call them tough ass days, but back when I was in college I used to work at a credit card company. In the summers I worked there full time. The work was pretty boring and an 8 hour day often felt like 80. At the end of each day for my ride home I’d pop in my favorite David Bowie cassette (Changesonebowie) and blast my favorite song on that album:
The top comment by teezhay says it all.