Wasting time or energy?

I'm wondering something. Are we wasting our time? not with this server, but... Just with stupid things that takeo ur attention away from the bigger picture. It may seem like a stupid thought at first, but when thought about  at length, you actually start to wonder about the true nature of our existence.
It's not so much the fact that we're simply randomly popping up and going "Boof", but rather that we're attempting to go about 100 different paths, sometimes connecting, sometimes disconnecting, but always moving alongside one another. If we are wasting time, which is a stupid idea in and of itself,  because how can we waste something we can't get a physical feel for?
In that regard, it's not a matter if we're wasting TIME itself, but rather if we're sticking our heads into a bunch of useless and counterproductive projects... but, the creation of anything is regarding as productive, and essential for keeping our minds at ease as a way to relax.
but does the production of useless things for our own enjoyment, and by extension, the enjoyment of others in due time, mean that we're not really wasting our time, but still contributing to the greater whole?
there's a lot of variables, figures and facts to consider, but when it comes down to it, I don't know the exact answer. Part of me says that, yes we are, because what we create doesn't reach a large group of people, only a small group at most, and if we're lucky, they share to their own groups.
And part of me wants to say no, because even if we only reach a small group of people, that group, in and of itself, still finds enjoyment from our labors, and they are labors in and of themselves.