The Value of My Wasted Time

If God has been designing my life, which I know He has, then what, I wonder, was my EQ / WoW phase all about?  What does God mean to use all of that time for?  Was it wasted time?  Or was it time spent that has taught me something that will be used for His purpose?

The greatest takeaway / lesson from that experience was the model of using positive reinforcement feedback to strengthen the bond between the user and the system.  Can this be used by God?  What would a system look like that used this model to bring people closer to Him?