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'Gen X Lady' Dishes Out Top Notch Advice To Millennials, Becomes Everyone's New Hero

'The only thing you will ever regret not owning is your happiness.'
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Parents editor at HuffPost UK

Millennials are plagued by numerous negative stereotypes (lazy and entitled are just a few that spring to mind), but Tangela Ekhoff is sick of it.

Ekhoff, who describes herself as a ‘black female Gen X lady’, has dished out the best advice to millennials - and it’s gone down an absolute storm on Twitter.

The writer, speaker and sit-down comic shared some wise words in a thread posted on 17 May. She told millennials to enjoy their lives, explore the world and avoid getting hung up on huge responsibilities like buying a house.

“Eat the avocado toast,” she wrote. “Travel to new places. Go back to school.

“Never, ever listen to people who envy your youth and freedom.”

Dear Millineals,
I'm a Black female Gen X lady. Old enough to be your damn Mama. I have a little advice...

— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 17, 2017

Eat the avacado toast. Travel to new places. Go back to school. Never, ever listen to people who envy your youth and freedom.

— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 17, 2017

It's a big world out there waitong for you to explore it. Home ownership is great, but it ain't all that.

— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 17, 2017

As my years advance, and mortality stares me in the face, I can say that EXPERIENCES, FRIENDSHIP, FAMILY...

— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 17, 2017

Either biologically, or through your own choice is all that matters. Go. Do. Be. Your life should be about the verbs.

— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 17, 2017

Most of the folk who make money writing about you don't understand you. They envy you. The menfolk especially.

— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 17, 2017

Go live your lives. Make choices that work for you...The only thing you will ever regret not owning is your happiness. FIN

— Tangela Ekhoff (@tangelaekhoff) May 17, 2017

Ekhoff’s thread was retweeted more than 20,000 times, with many thanking her for typing the words they needed to hear.

@tangelaekhoff Millennial here, who sometimes feels guilty about pursuing experiences and not building a traditional life. Thank you for your message.

— Stacy-Ann Hayles (@stacyannhayles) May 17, 2017

@tangelaekhoff These tweets are so wholesome I just wanna give you a hug pic.twitter.com/jdRKkwCyc3

— Aggressive Asian (@JennLi123) May 17, 2017

@tangelaekhoff I needed this! Getting pressured from some older generation folks for my husband and I to buy a house. We looked but we just not ready! pic.twitter.com/YlBJMuFrRo

— Anck Su Namun (@GangsterWaffles) May 17, 2017

@tangelaekhoff I appreciate you so much for this

— spice (@ashleyvanessa93) May 17, 2017

Here’s to owning your happiness in 2017.

[H/T Distractify]

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