Plan ahead and make goals. When self-teaching, no one is telling you to go study. You don’t attend any classes. It’s all about you being comfortable at your house and take the initiative to study Japanese.
For goals, I mean stuff like:
- Reach level x on Wanikani before y.
- Read a chapter of x textbook every y days.
- Finish my day with 0 reviews on Wanikani.
- Read 1 News article a day.
- Etc.
This is important because once you know the path you have to follow (thanks to planning), it’s easier to actually study. Doing so without knowing where you’re aiming at feels… aimless xD
Install the app Hellotalk. It’s a language exchange app where you can practice writing with natives. You can also make posts (think Twitter/Facebook style) that all the natives of your target language will have access to and help with corrections. You also get access to a timeline full of posts from those same people that know your target language, which helps with reading.
Also, @Radish8 wrote a lovely resource list for reading in Japanese. I highly advise you to check it out 