When you're stuck at a job that you hate just to earn money to live and pay the bills then yes I'd say it's a waste of your life.
I'm currently working an office job that I hate and I feel I'm wasting my life away just sitting here in the office doing the same thing everyday from 9:00 AM to 5:00 PM.
The workday is almost over thankfully but I still have 1 hour and 15 more minutes left before I can leave work and I have nothing else to do but browse the internet until I can leave.
This is one reason why I decided to build websites to hopefully earn enough to live off of soon so I can quit this job and do whatever I want too.
I don't need to be rich but just need to make enough to buy food, pay the mortgage, and my other bills.
I can't wait to leave this job for good and just work on my websites when I want too.