Holly Riordan

LIBRA: Print out the best photo of the two of you from Instagram and have it framed for her.

Do not be the girl who chooses to stay with a boy because of a long history or a complex set of feelings for him. You deserve better. You deserve to be a single girl. 

No matter how hard you try to do the right thing, no matter how high you raise your standards, you are going to fall for the wrong people. You are going to make mistakes when it comes to relationships. You are going to screw up.

When you have anxiety, you have a bad habit of procrastinating because the things that come easy to everybody else are a struggle for you.

Michael J. Fox became so attached to the role that he accidentally got into the character of Marty while he was on set for other movies. While he was filming The Frighteners, he repeatedly used the wrong name during scenes. Instead of calling out to the judge, he would say Doc on accident.

It’s easy to see the worst in a situation. It’s easy to take your loved ones for granted. It’s easy to forget how good you have it. 

You deserve to love yourself. You deserve to feel confident in your skin.

Do not make the mistake of thinking How I Met Your Mother is a love story. It is a story about friendship. It is a story about growing up. It is a story about figuring out what matters most to you.

Wondering whether you made the right choice is not a sign you made the wrong one. It’s a sign you have a heart. It’s a sign you care. It’s a sign you are trying to do the right thing. 

When you are with the right person, you don’t have to go the extra mile in order to convince them to stay because they are not going anywhere. But you should go the extra mile anyway because you want to make them happy, you want to give them even more than they believe they deserve. 

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness. It took me years to understand that this too, was a gift.”

You take relationships seriously. You are not into anything casual. You want a real love. A lifetime love. 

You acted like you were my boyfriend one day. You acted like a stranger the next day.

If you had any intention of dating me, you would have put at least a little effort into our conversations.

You are in an everlasting rush. You rarely slow to admire the view. You hop from one event to the next, from one piece of work to the next. You never give yourself any time to recuperate. You never give yourself the freedom to exist in the moment. You need to pump the breaks. You need to focus on today instead of tomorrow.

Do not allow him to twist the situation. Do not allow him to get angry at you when you are supposed to be angry at him. 

I want to love someone broken, someone who knows what it’s like to hit rock bottom, someone who has a dark side too. 

The Birch is based on a short film with the same title, which elegantly blends fantasy and horror.