• First thing: schedule time to schedule time! This should be at a time when you know you will be free from anything else. It's the day when you schedule your projects up until the next schedule day. This is a crucial first step.
• Each project needs a book of its own. This is where you write your work. This is hard proof of where you left off and what you have covered. When it's complete, it serves as a testament to what you achieved. If you don't have a record, you won't remember where you left off and you'll go over the same shit more than once.
• Once you learn a thing, add it to a 'rotating list of exams': This works like flash cards. I call them flash exams. Each day, you do a flash exam. If you do badly at it, you have to repeat it again soon. If you do well, you don't have to do it until much later. This serves to keep those memories alive, keep those abilities active and sharp. This is better than doing one exam then forgetting everything about it.
• Set a timer to do your tasks in set intervals. If you need longer, schedule another time frame. 40 minute frames are good for study.
• Deadlines are hard to enforce when you self-study. So I won't say anything about their efficacy.
• Be the robot that can write its own instructions and follow through with each one. Then, I can achieve anything.

I'll use Google Calendar for my schedule and I use Anki for my flash exams.

I'm thinking that free time is bad for me. If I'm not improving myself, I'm getting worse. Leave no time unscheduled!