Solo But Not Alone

Solo but not alone.
I have been doing things solo these days.  Eating, traveling, deciding, etc..  It has been very enlightening about myself and others.
Dining out solo makes other people a bit uncomfortable and curious, but that is not my worry.  I am quite comfortable dining with my own company.  If you need to stare or make comment to your companion, that is your business.
Dining solo let's you concentrate on the food and the experience and service more.  I find myself making more eye contact and giving more appreciation for the service I receive and noticing the atmosphere and flavors in a different manner.
Dining solo, I find I get better service.  Servers are more attentive.  The other day I had 3 checking on me.
Traveling solo is a time to reflect and plan and have those self-to-self heart-to-heart talks.  I do some of my best self-therapy in a car by myself.
Traveling solo I find I am not as directionally challenged as I seem to be when depending on others, I found my way just fine and I kept up with my room number and key the whole time.  When traveling with others, I depended on them for directions and to keep up with my stuff.  I could never keep up with a key and would get lost in a straight hallway.
Traveling solo I got to choose where I went, when to go and what to do.  I tried new places to eat, ate new dishes and kept to my own schedule.  I made friends where ever I went and learned things.
Deciding solo, it did not take me 20 minutes of discussion to make a plan and implement it into action.  Just Do It!
Deciding solo, I did not feel pressured to do something I might not want to do because the rest of the crowd wanted to do it.  I just did my thing.  The things I wanted to do to make me happy.
Deciding solo was very conducive to last-minute action.
I never felt alone.  I went out and mingled when I wanted companionship and I stayed in when I needed me time.  I phoned a friend when I wanted a dinner date and I went solo when there were none.  I realized I  was adulting when I kept up with my hotel key and found my way everywhere I went.  I also realized I had depended on other's too much and that made me think I was incapable of doing some of these things on my own.  I am quite capable and so are you. DO YOUR THING!
Solo but not alone.