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I am not the best at it myself, but I like to give myself a lot of structure. Just a few ideas here: always get up at the same time/stop working around the same time, make a time table for the upcoming week, to do lists for the day.

But more importantly, in order not to feel burned out: take brakes! I also had to learn that the hard way, but taking brakes or calling it a day is so important to not burn out in the long run. I myself take an hour for lunch and every 45mins/hour I take 10 - 15mins. I just set the timer on my phone so I don't even need to check the time :)
Same for taking time off on the weekends.

And just one more thing, I never worked on side projects until I started to only work 3 days a week - I never had the energy after a full day of work. 🤷‍♀️