Assuming you're being a responsible human being and citizen in most arenas, I'm w/ Robert?I don't think there's anything wrong with doing something that has no immediate, quantifiable "benefit", including keeping a blog (disclaimer: I'm a blogger, myself).

The difficulty with classifying something as "useful" and other things as "fun" or "total waste of time" is that often, we can't see the utility of whatever diversion is obsessing us. Again, I'm taking an all-else-in-order viewpoint here: to fiddle away with blogging if you've starving, shoeless children clamoring for hotdogs and slippers is just plain irresponsible. But who's to say this passion you're following won't teach you something about yourself, or that someone who randomly stumbles upon it could be cheered in a time needful of cheer, or [other happy result here].

One of the tricks to enjoying one's diversions, up to and including the point where they become socially acceptable, financially or otherwise justifiable ventures, is to allot a certain amount of time for them and hew to it like a motherf**ker. This is where the groovy time hacks come into play: your timers, your scheduling, your chartage, your GTD.

To me, all the organizing is about making time for fun. I mean, all of my work is my fun, even the non-paying stuff, so I'm always looking to streamline the system.