Naamloos

Description: It’s Christmas Eve, and you have a million things to think about. But Shawn’s only thinking of one: the ring in his pocket.

Description per my notes (aka a jumbled mess): a Christmas engagement yeet, Christmas eve with your family?

A/N: DAY 3!! This is like my Christmas Eve, and this is my dream come true so please enjoy my loves

Word Count: 3.2k

12 Days of Ficmas

Your flight got in two hours later than planned. Of course, this is what you get for thinking you could fly into your hometown on Christmas Eve. You and every other person in the world trying to get home in time for Christmas. 

You were supposed to be at your grandma’s at 5:00 for your traditional Christmas Eve. It was your favorite day of the year, filled with family, food and the same traditions you’d been doing your whole life, and the fact that you might be late made you more anxious than ever.

But Shawn comforted you through it all. Working with the airline and even switching your flights around to make sure the two of you arrived home on time. You had wanted to stop at your parents’ house and get ready, but the plane would be arriving at 4:00 and your grandma’s house was a 45-minute drive from the airport.

So here you and Shawn were, walking into your grandma’s house, wearing sweatpants, sweatshirts, and beanies. You were so frazzled that there were a lot of things you weren’t noticing.

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Blurbs

Couldn’t Wait°

Shawn plans on proposing but ends up doing it easlier than expected [fluff]

Perfectly Imperfect

Shawn gets jealous every time his best friend leaves a party to hookup with random guys, and he finally admits why. [super cheesy fluff]

One Shots

Too Much

You do a semester online so you can go on tour with Shawn, but it’s too much to handle and you forget to eat [angst/fluff] [ed warning]

No Tears°

Shawn gets a call from you, asking him to pick you up. He doesn’t hesitate when he hears the pain in your voice. [major angst] [sexual harassment / abuse warning]

WHERE WERE YOU IN THE MORNING

Shawn sees the girl he wrote WWYITM about two years later [angst/fluff]

LIKE TO BE YOU°

productivity can mean different things

summer productivity does not mean or have to mean that you are grinding everyday to get work done. being productive could simply mean self-care. productivity comes in all forms, from painting your nails to doing the dishes to reading a book. it could even be something along the lines of creating a new playlist or folding the laundry. it’s up to you.

first off, plan a little

write your lists down somewhere that you’ll check again (i’m using a google doc.) make three lists: daily checklist, short-term goals, & long-term goals. leave room for revision.

daily checklist

don’t pile on tasks on this. it is unrealistic to put like ten things on your list to do everyday, and it’s exhausting and can even be anti-productive trying to attempt to complete such a list everyday. pick two to three things to do everyday. for example, mine says, “1. do khan academy (for SAT prep) 2. check the DMV for available appointments (to renew my permit oops) 3. read a book or three articles.” the second one is subject to change because eventually i will get an appointment, so always leave room for revisions.

short-term goals list

this is the list where you put stuff that you want to accomplish by the end of the week, month, etc. for example, mine says, “finish ap government chapter one by friday.” these can be specific or general. like my short-term goals list also has my goal of reading three books every week.

long-term goals list

what do you hope to accomplish by the end of summer? do you want to re-invent yourself? be proficient in a language? have finished all your college apps? you define your goals here.

studyblr ways to be productive

read a book get ahead and look at your AP curriculums; make a study schedule watch TED talks watch documentaries listen to podcasts make study playlists visit museums

self care ways to be productive (these are nothing new, but just serves as a reminder that taking care of yourself is good and productive. it is in no way a waste of time, so don’t let anyone convince you otherwise)

take a bath or shower the simple hygiene stuff (brush your teeth, etc.) clean your living space delete apps you don’t use or need drink water journal, draw, make music do whatever makes you feel happy (if you don’t have anything, go a try a bunch of activities! do something that scares you, you might be surprised) exercise (it doesn’t have to be a whole lot, just walk around and stretch every once in a while) sleep, rest, take time for yourself

other ways to be productive

1. How to be a bad b!tch

2. Skincare/beauty tips from twitter user @ambitionVEVO

3. Hoe products to try out 

4. Random hoe tips pt.1

5. Random hoe tips pt.2

6. How to look expensive on a budget

7. Even more ways to look expensive for cheap courtesy of the queen Amber Scholl 

8. A hoe’s guide to flirting

9. How to make your skin glow 

10. Real life hoe tips

11. Hoe wisdom - MANIPULATION

12. How to hoe when you’re not a hoe

13. SELF LOVE

14. How to have the softest skin + hoe bath & body care routine

15. Tips for treating yourself

16. Self-improvement masterpost

17. Treating body acne

18. Super silky summer legs!

19. 25 common makeup mistakes courtesy of @ImTheBombDotCom on twitter

20. The Bad B!tch Mentality

21. The Bad B!tch Mentality pt.2

22. How to get rid of dark spots : underarms, neck, inner thighs (read description)

23.  Hygiene/beauty masterpost

hello!! This is ironic because i’m currently doing a winter course during my big break at uni and it’s super intense! I probably won’t do a long post about it as a result (i have just reblogged something related to summer break, but it’s not stdy focused). I’m not too sure what kind of content you’d like to see, but here are a few tips on studying for the summer break

STUDYING IN THE SUMMER BREAK

1. Make a list: all good things start with lists! Make a list of the things that you would like to study over the summer break. A big part of this is knowing your purpose - are you studying these things for general enjoyment or as prestudy for a class? 

2. Break down your list into steps: breaking it down into steps will help it seem less overwhelming and thus, increasing your chances of actually completing your goals! For example, if you have ‘prestudy for biology’, you might want to break it into ‘readings’ and ‘watching videos’ and ‘experiments’. I would break them even further into eg. for readings, the chapters. 

3. Set a time frame: this is something i work with lightly, but i generally don’t like to constrict myself to deadlines, especially if it’s prestudy or general enjoyment. I highly reocmmend being extremely flexible with the deadline, and being generous. If something will take me 3 days honestly, i’d put it down as 5 days. I personally work very well with the snowball effect, which is where i set very realistic and reachable standards, and then after achieving them i’m on a goal-achieving high, so I am motivated to do extra work. I finish a lot more doing this compared to setting too many goals and not completing them and feeling disappointed. The trick to the snowball effect imo is to make sure you have a list ready at hand for when/if you finish the realistic goals - that way you have a sense of direction. 

4. Prioritise: you’re probably going to overestimate what you can do. Even if you don’t, you’re probably going to want to do a whole heap! So pick 3 that are a priority, that you have to complete no matter what. 

5. Approach it as fun learning: often school can take the fun out of it by adding deadlines and time pressure. Realise that studying during summer break means that you can learn without that pressure and learning and accumulating knowledge is fun - how cool is that! It’s a rare opportunity for you to be able to engage in the materials with interest without any external pressure. Trust me, it will make your learning so much better and make your days better too!

6. Enjoy your break: mix it up, make sure you’re actually having fun with the material and doing non-study stuff as well. The last thing you want is burnout when the semester starts. Look after your health and take lots of extended breaks, hang out with friends, all the fun stuff!