I've been retired almost 8 years. My dream, while working, was to sew sew sew after retirement. I find that I don't sew as much as I thought I would. And even though I have tons of fabric and quilt kits, I'm still buying more. A few years ago, I accepted the fact that it won't be my problem when I'm gone. Living life and low energy unfortunately seem to be my biggest hurdles in actually getting downstairs and sewing. Hope you can do better! Retirement is definitely funner than working.