I just recently retired, so I am loving the ability to stay home and sew. I try to do all my shopping and running around at once so that I don't have to get out any more than I have to. I am a member of a guild but have never attended! In the past I took a lot of classes, and that meant dragging everything up from the basement to the vehicle, then vice versa. I am not an introvert, but I absolutely love MY time quilting. I can listen to the TV, have it as loud (or quiet) as I want, wear whatever I want, apply (or NOT), makeup, talk to myself (and answer myself) if I make a mistake on something, and just plain enjoy it all!! Friends ask if I'm bored! haha, a quilter NEVER sees a bored day, just another opportunity to sew! My DH doesn't understand how I can be "cooped up" as he calls it, but I don't miss the workforce politics, the traffic, having to get dressed up, or meeting deadlines...!