A Commencement Speech from a Not-At-All-Famous Person

TJ Condon
3 min readMay 17, 2022

I may not be Oprah or the late Steve Jobs, but here are a few words of advice I would like to give those graduating college this month…

It is normal to be lonely, weirded out, and a little scared: You are leaving your home of four (or more) years where everybody knows your name. You are now both starting over (new job, new experiences) and also revisiting your past…

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TJ Condon

Author of Some Assembly Required, a True Story of Love and Organ Transplants, published by Black Rose Writing in May 2021. Available at your favorite bookseller