Take a trip alone, even just a bus to the next town. Figuring out a place by yourself teaches you how you think.

Working out an unfamiliar place by yourself exposes how you actually think. With company the decisions get shared and the mistakes get absorbed, while alone you see your own method, including how you cope with being lost and whether you will ask anybody for help. That is genuinely useful information, and a bus fare is a cheap way to buy it.

Take yourself to the next town this week with nothing written down. Find somewhere to eat and work out how to get home. Pay attention to how you solved it, not only whether it went smoothly.