I have a question for our retirees this morning. Did you pick up any new hobbies when you retired from your job? Most people I know say they are busier in retirement than they were in their working years, so taking up a new hobby may be difficult. So, let me ask our non-retirees, what hobby do you hope to adopt in your retirement years?

I ask this because I was inspired by reading about a retired Canadian man named Young S. New. New picked up an interesting new hobby when he retired. His new hobby was picking up spare change off the streets of his home city, Montreal, Canada.

New’s father was a frugal man who raised New with the mantra, “Respect the penny.” Respect the penny. The tiniest, least-valuable monetary unit in our society. Yet Young New’s father knew that if you save enough pen…