For me, the most difficult part of transitioning from working for other people to working on my own pursuits was a lack of structure. No deadlines, no daily accountability to others, no ladder to climb. This is freeing, but makes it very hard for me to get work done.
One option I'm considering is converting as much of my work as possible to offline. I've already deleted social media, but even still, I find myself getting more and more creative with ways to distract myself on my laptop during the workday (for example: Posting this right now).
Wanted to feel out the community here, many of whom are in a similar position, to understand if others have struggled with this and any strategies available to me/education on the matter.