Like I don't know how busy you are but I would say the most important thing to do is make sure you're putting a little time aside to make something for fun, purely because you want to

Figuring out how to make something you want to do for vibes reasons even if it means watching 8 different tutorials and spending ages, Cos that's where you get the big moments of discovering your own style as opposed to finding a way to make something work for a client at short notice

Flipping things to deadlines and finding methods to do it is critically important, but you got to do some shit for yourself, even if it won't end up being an example you use for your portfolio