What's trivial to you might be really important to others. For example, I'm into cars. I want a fast, nice car, and I'll sacrifice having a big house so I can have a nicer car. Others will do just the opposite. Sadly, I need money to get a cool car, and the only way to get money is to work, unless you already have a shitload of cash and can live off the interest...

If it makes you happy to contemplate the meaning of existence, then by all means think away, but most people don't like to think too hard, they just enjoy their daily routine, with an occasional holiday thrown in for good measure.

I say do whatever makes you (not you, personally, but just generally) happy, but don't force your ideals of a good life on anyone else, because it'll just make everyone unhappy in the end.