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Take a month of martial arts training (aikido, jujitsu, and judo are popular soft styles, Tae Kwon Do and Krav Maga are two very different hard styles (TKD is fun and mostly useless for defense, Krav is super effective for dangerous situations but pretty grueling)).
Join the local swing dancing scene. If you don't have one, try salsa or Argentine Tango.
Take an art course. Start with a beginner class that does a little with lots of different of media types, then take a class focusing on the medium you prefer. Do this even if you feel you are bad at art. I am terrible but I still enjoy working with clay.
Buy an Audible subscription and fill useless hours with audiobooks. This can improve commutes and other boring tasks.
Buy either a stereo Bluetooth headset with playback controls on it, or a small mp3 player such as the Sansa Clip Zip that has easily accessible controls outside your pocket. This advice is mostly relevant if you listen to media a lot. Having playback controls very accessible lowers the activation energy of starting your music/podcast/audiobook.
Where do non-university-students find these things? (I'm more interested in music than art, but I suspect the question generalizes)
If you're willing to pay, there are a lot of private art (and music) teachers.
At community college.
Most American cities also offer dance, martial arts and art classes through their departments of parks and recreation, I believe. At least, my last couple cities have.
I've done both, and recommend both. When you find a teacher you can really connect with, you can then move into a private tutelage.
You can also google it (along with your city/suburb name) eg '("learn to draw" OR "art class") san jose'