I had the same experience. Travelling for work alone, I used to always get takeout to bring back to the hotel, or maybe eat in a counter service type place, but

I had the same experience. Travelling for work alone, I used to always get takeout to bring back to the hotel, or maybe eat in a counter service type place, but now I'm used to eating in restaurants alone, it's no problem. Someone asked me how to get used to it the other day, and I suggested that hotel restaurants are a good place to practice, because there are always a lot of people eating alone at hotels. Same for hotel bars.