I've got lots of free time now, too.
Try to enjoy it. Look at all the money you save by not going to work! Plant a vegetable garden, bring in firewood, sell off the junk in the attic, get caught up on all the old RC related repairs and projects. Clean the chimney and pressure wash the roof, change the oil in the rearend of the 200,000 mile beater, on and on, it never ends.
It's also a great time to concentrate on those New Years resolutions instead of shrugging them off because of the pressures of the Rat Race.