It has only been a couple of weeks since I picked the guitar back up and like you, I find I do better with more structure so I have been doing my best to follow the practicing guidelines laid out in all of the beginner practicing lessons.
I am realizing that chords are really the most important right now. I am finding out that by working on chords I am also working on the mechanics of where and how to put my fingers and get it to sound right. The chord exercises can be pretty short so I will usually just use it as an "assignment" and then use the metronome tool to establish a rhythm and try to do 20 chord changes that are correct and sound clean. If I mess up I start over. If I keep messing up, I slow down the metronome. Once I get 20 changes without any mistakes I bump up the metronome or switch to a different pair of chords. Repetition is key though, just because I get it down one day doesn't mean I am done. I will do it again the next day, and the next.
I guess I could call this developing my own practice routine but I am using the lessons laid out by Lisa as my guideline.
The instructors on here have the credentials and the experience so If their first lessons focus primarily on chords over scales or fretboard knowledge, then I am guessing that is probably what I should be working on first.
Now just because this is working for me does not mean it's how you should do it. It's probably why there isn't a set practice journal or highly structured routine. Different people progress at different paces and while it may take me 2 weeks to get down switching from a D chord to a G chord, it may take you a couple of practice sessions. So, my advice is to start off by following the Guided Practice Routine for Beginners I mentioned earlier and use it as a checklist for what to work on more so than as an absolute regimen.
Good Luck!