Understand: to accomplish YOUR goals, you must go at it alone. Yes, there are moments where the presence of others will intersect and benefit you (and vice-versa). Still, without having a thorough understanding of self to start from, it becomes far to easy to lose your path. Through solo travel, however, you are presented with opportunities to test yourself; to motivate yourself; to learn about yourself in environments where your self-awareness is vital. To benefit all you can from solo travel, however, it takes practice. To do so, half-heartedly or recklessly can result in unfavorable outcomes, so the best solution is to engage with it strategically. Strategy, after all, is how wars are won, and there is no bigger war raging than that of defaulting to a mediocre life or living a great one.