This is my favorite way to make friends, if you dislike small talk this is great. Just say silly little things you would say or ask your friends. Usually this keeps the conversation going for a while :)
This is a type of walk I do almost every day. Walk in one direction until you hit a stoplight. Then immediately turn and walk in the new direction until you hit a stoplight and repeat until you get back home.
Step one: Learn how to fold a sheet of paper into a mini zine
Step two: Fill in the pages
Step three: Make one every week
There is something about having three spreads and a cover to fill in every week that gives the perfect balance of creative freedom/creative constraints with absolutely no stakes.