Good for you stand up to getting your room for your sewing. It is important to keep busy after you retire. My husb has been retired for about 2 1/2 yrs now and he was goin bonkers for the first yr or so because he missed the getting up and going to work. But now he is much better he joined the Honor Guard at the American Legion and has funerals all the time which gives him something to do and people to communicate with. This past summer I got a book showing me how to weave placemats,table runners and rugs.
Well he has take that over and has made 10 placemats and is as I type working on this 11th one. Plus he is reading alot and when it is warm he does woodworking. Goodluck with retirement. Than again I get nothing done it seems I babysit with my 4 yr old grandson 3 days a week taking him to preschool.