1k hours. Want to embrace the solo life and get better

Across my 1k hours I attempted to get many friends into rust so we can duo/trio and very rarely quad. A lot of them find it cringe and/or a pain in the ass even on a 2x. I was always afraid of playing solo and will definitelt never play on uncapped servers.

So I was wondering what is the best way to play ruat solo + how. And maybe I should find friends that already play rust?

P. S I have been watching rust youtubers and have the game for the past 3 years.