How do you fill your days when traveling solo ?

Hi everyone, fairly new solo traveler here. I'm struggling to fill my days when I solo travel and always end up anxious that I'm not doing enough, especially when I see other people from my hostel leave at 7am and get back to the room at 11pm. For example today I went to a restaurant to get breakfast at 10am, then walked around the city and went in 5-6 shops. I got back to my hostel at 12:30pm and left again at 2pm after just being on my phone the whole time (which made me anxious). Then I went to a museum but got out at 3:30pm, so I went to another museum and was out by 5pm. I got a snack and ended up going back to my hostel to nap because I didn't know what more to do as each museum was already 20€ and I'm on a budget. I went back outside to get dinner and got back to my room by 9pm. Reading it seems like my day was full but I also have a screen time of 6 hours from scrolling on my phone (which makes me feel like I wasted time doing something I could do back home instead). When I'm traveling with friends or family we spend a lot of time chatting so the day goes by faster, we spend 2 hours in the restaurant instead of 40 minutes by myself for example. My question is, how do you fill your days when solo traveling ? Do you try to find a buddy to spend time with ? Do you have any tips ? --- **Post Details:** - **Subreddit:** r/solotravel - **Author:** u/Prestigious_Onion878 - **Score:** 119 upvotes - **Upvote Ratio:** 89.0% - **Comments:** 154 - **Posted:** 6/26/2025 - **URL:** https://reddit.com/r/solotravel/comments/1llaaea/how_do_you_fill_your_days_when_traveling_solo/