Now is the time, then, to let out your artistic side. Take a sculpting class or learn to paint. Finally enroll in that creative writing class and bring your poetry to open mic night. Most of the bookstores host an evening or two a month devoted to new voices. The microphone, per se, is open to everyone.
Bookstores love to host reading circles.
Last year, your need to get up early and go to work may have precluded staying out late and dancing the night away. But this year, retirement gives you the right to stay out all night and tango to your heart's content. As You Can Or play tennis. Or take tae kwon do. By making exercise or a sport your hobby, you benefit your whole body and even slow down the aging process.