I endure the same hardship, best thing you do is to establish a routine of what ever problem that makes you chopped, do it repeatedly, eventually you will see significant results,
I kinda confessed to my bf in a veeeeery cheesy way- I left him one of those secret admirer notes (he found out it was me immediately tho) maybe that could work? Either that or maybe try to hang out with him more often so he can get to know you better