on hobbies

I was chatting with a coworker in the break room the other night, and the question posed to me was, "what do you do with your spare time?" I realized something very disturbing at that moment-the answer is "nothing." I have spent so long working my ass off, working so many different jobs and so many hours a week, that i have forgotten what it is like to have a hobby.

My sewing machine and some of my craft stuff made it down here in the move, but its sitting in a box in the corner of the living room because i haven't had the spare cash to pick up a table/desk/flat surface in which to set my sewing machine up, and there is nowhere in the house currently that would be suitable. I have a few friends here now, but its nearly impossible to make plans with anyone. I do go out after work sometimes with a few coworkers, but i highly doubt that "going to the bar" or "drinking" are really appropriate answers to that question. I know that I don't WANT those things to be hobbies. I definitely do not mind going out once in a while and having the opportunity to get to know my coworkers outside of the four walls and horse statues that encase us most of the time, but I don't want the drinking or the late nights at the bar to become habit.

Nashville is a pretty thriving city. It's clearly not NYC or Philly, but I love that its a city without being unmanageable. I learned my way around pretty quickly and can navigate myself from here to there with little to no help from google maps these days. You would think that I would be able to find SOMETHING to do to pass the time that I'm not at work, right?

So, I need suggestions. How does one go about finding a new hobby? It's pretty nice outside most days now, so I would definitely like to do something that requires leaving my house. I have considered walking/eventually getting into running, but I have never, ever been a runner, even when I played sports, so I don't know if that is something that I would actually follow through with. I, at some point, will figure out a solution to the sewing machine conundrum so that i can get back to that, because i miss the creative outlet, but i still need something else.

What are your hobbies? how did you get into them? do you think its something that my lazy ass would like? help!!