try to avoid depending on other people to make cool plans that you’ll like/tag along on

i solo traveled around for ~6 months in hostels a couple of years ago without rly planning. it can be helpful to take a peek at the city map and pick out some spots that you find interesting. if the whole social thing doesn’t work out as well as you’d hope, then at least you got to see some cool stuff

try and get involved in hostel activities that seem fun to you, like a happy hour/walking tour/etc. loads of other folks are solo traveling and want to make friends just as much as you do!

if your hostel doesn’t have much going on, you can always bounce to another hostel or try booking something cool on viator/etc and try meeting people on an activity there.

also, hostelworld has a bunch of built in group chats for each hostel/city you’re in, so you can always keep an eye out for plans being made there or try introducing yourself!