I thought this was a good, short read and hits on some key points. I especially appreciated the ideas of holding yourself accountable and trusting in yourself. I wonder what your take on it is?

Why Solo Adventures Make You Stronger

Thanks. I've definitely had the 'appreciating your own insignificance' - paddling by pictos hundreds of years old.
Also the part about holding yourself accountable for everything.
I guess I agree with most of the rest- but hold a good understanding of those things in daily life as well.

It is always interesting to read others' perspectives on their solo experience. We have had a few discussions here about some of them.

The part that resonates the strongest with me is the beginning, "You’re not recovering from overstimulation and mixing your life with thousands of others, but instead receding to the margins with a view of just one life (that would be yours)." and the ending, "Eventually, you will return from nature. And yet, it’s not so much a feeling of re-joining civilization and your loved ones, but leaving the place that you found yourself in alone — and on some level, leaving yourself to return to others."

To me this is the essence of the solo experience in nature. Being alone, just being yourself - having an uninterrupted flow of your experience of the natural world. No interruptions, no middlemen.

You can have that experience of insignificance, for example, in the company of others. But you can't be alone then, just being yourself.