Jesus isn't asking you to redeem the world by yourself.
He's asking to be close to us in every aspect of our life, bar none.
He knows that closer unity with Him in not just the tragic times of our life - relatively few - but also in the ordinary of our day will help us infinitely.

In fact, by practicing the presence of God during the ordinary parts of the day - dealing with difficulties, work, joys, little things - helps us greatly in finding Him in the most difficult parts of our lives. 

The Church offers such a marvelous set of "means" to learn how to do this.   It teaches various forms of prayer: mental/conversational prayer, vocal prayers for when we're too tired or scatterbrained to pray conversationally ("let one form of prayer rest another"), the Sacraments, forms of examination, spiritual direction, the Holy Mass, etc.

Spread-loaded across our day and week these "approaches to God" help buoy us, allowing us to avoid bitterness and cynicism.   They make us more like Christ.