Are you wondering if you really need to finish everything in one day?

Do you feel frustrated when you can’t cross-off all the items on your daily to-do list?

Wondering if you really should finish all of your work, projects, and assignments in a single 24-hour period?

Sometimes, we can lose sight of the larger picture.

There’s only so much work you can complete in any amount of time.

In this post, you’ll find several friendly reminders as to why you don’t have to do it all in one day.

There are external factors outside of your control.

While you can control your thoughts and actions, there are things you cannot control.

What are these things?

For starters, other people, their thoughts, and actions.

Let’s not forget the weather, traffic, accidents, emergencies, and the like.

Unfortunately, there’s absolutely no way to avoid these circumstances.

There will be times when you’ll need to be flexible.

You must deal with whatever urgent item pop up in your life, whether it’s at work, school, or home.

But don’t be too hard on yourself.

Simply deal with whatever is in your path, right here, right now.

Things will soon get back on track.

Everything can’t happen at the same time.

As Albert Einstein once said, “The only reason for time is so that everything doesn’t happen at once.”

Think about this for a moment.

If everything, absolutely everything, happened at once in your life, things would be quite different, wouldn’t they?

Just imagine: what would happen if all of your years here on planet earth happened all at once?

Envision your celebrations, achievements, awards, and goals…all happening at the exact same time.

What would that be like?

Well, there would be no anticipation, no thrills, and certainly no excitement.

Everything would just happen, and that would be that.

Pretty boring, if you ask me.

All the more reason to be thankful for buffers of time!

You need a much-needed break.

Okay, so you weren’t able to tackle all of your items on today’s to-do list.

Is it the end of the world? No, it isn’t.

Should you stress-out about it? Certainly, not.

Maybe this is a sign you need to take a break from your duties or responsibilities?

Would it hurt to take the evening off and rest and relax, instead of trying to squeeze everything into your day?

Perhaps you need to reframe your thoughts about what is important to accomplish on a daily basis?

Why not make the most of your situation and cut yourself some slack?

Your body and mind will thank you.

You’ll learn from your mistakes.

Having days where everything doesn’t go as planned gives you a chance to grow as a person.

Okay, so things didn’t work out. No problem. Take a closer look at what happened.

Was it something that was out of your control? Was it something within your control?

If it’s the latter, you can really make great progress by finding, and learning from your errors.

For example, let’s say you have a daily to-do list of fourteen items.

You’re feeling overwhelmed with all you have to do, plus, you’re not accomplishing much.

What if you learned from this error, and just shortened the list to four must-do items?

You’d be able to physically complete your work, and feel good about it in the process.

That’s not a bad lesson learned, if you ask me!

You’re only human.

Rome wasn’t built in a day.

That’s right, one of the greatest empires in the history of the world was built slowly by humans.

It happened day by day, over many, many, years.

It takes time to build things. It doesn’t matter if it’s an empire, a career, a family, a hobby, or a life you love.

Do what you can, when you can, and don’t feel the least bit guilty for doing so.

That’s all any human can do.

How about you? When’s the last time you felt you should have finished everything in one day? How did you handle the situation? Join the conversation and leave a comment below!