I started going to raves alone at 35. I learned so much about myself by doing so.

The author started going to raves by herself at 35. Courtesy of the author I'd backpacked Southeast Asia solo, but couldn't bring myself to go to a rave without a buddy. At my first solo festival in Germany, I found a group of strangers in their 30s who felt like friends. A year of solo raving across Europe broke co-dependency habits I didn't even know I had. After 10 years of solo travel, I thought I knew how to be alone. I had visited 45 countries, navigated public transportation in diff...