Hype: noun. extravagant or intensive publicity or promotion

I was born and raised in Virginia Beach, VA where I went to Bayside High School. "BAY-SIDE". I excelled through school, always top of my class, I even graduated a year early. I went to Virginia Commonwealth in Richmond, VA for Undergrad (Go RAMS!) and obtained my BSN. After college, I moved to Washington, DC. to begin my career in pediatric nursing. I attended University of Maryland where I obtained my MSN but quickly decided that being a Nurse Practitioner wasn't "it" for me. I was blessed with the opportunity to become a nurse educator which is something that I am passionate about. I was 25 with my MSN, making 6 figures and just bought my first home. I started the Board of Professional Black Females, a successful 501(c)3 mentoring organization for professional black women which I dissolved a few years later. As you can see, I have always been highly ambitious. I have several nursing certifications. I've always been ahead of my peers. I continued to climb the career ladder and was a manager by the age of 31. In February of 2018, my life changed. I lost my maternal grandmother suddenly. I privately grieved for months. It felt as if as soon I started to feel like myself again, I then lost my paternal grandmother and then a month later one of my favorite cousins. Grief is a B*TCH!! I went into deep depression and begin dealing with anxiety, two things I have never really dealt with before. I didn't seek help but thought that by removing myself from situations that were anxiety producing, I could keep my anxiety at bay. My job at the time was one of those things that triggered my anxiety, so guess what I did...yep, after 12 years at the same company, I left and started another job. One that I knew that I could do easily and with minimal effort in nursing education...but now, at 35, I feel stagnant. Which also triggers my anxiety (LOL). The whole Covid pandemic situation definitely didn't help. This isn't a sob story though. This blog is my creative outlet. My friends have been telling me for years I should start a blog. I literally get questions all the time about sneaker releases, travel, restaurants and things to do, so that's exactly what I'm going to feature on this blog. I hope that you are as hype about it as I am! I have so much content coming. Use the categories on the side or the search bar to filter through the post. #hypedcha #believethehype