If you've recently started a new job, you understand how stressful the transition can be. Showing up to a new work place alone, trying to digest tons of new knowledge, and trying to perfect new skills can be daunting.

I recently started my first full time job as a nurse and boy has is been a roller coaster. Luckily, I had a whole cohort of wonderful nurses by my side as we kick started our career. If you have been fortunate enough to not start a job alone, you understand the importance of a work Bae. And if you had to start alone, you need to find one as soon as possible.

For those of you that don't know what a bae is and think that its just a short way to say babe or some other pet name. False! Bae actually means before anyone else. Having a work bae or multiple work baes is like always having a person to turn to. I guess you could say this is similar to having a work wife or work husband but so much better because you can have more than one.

This person is someone you know you can always count on when things go haywire at work. You can hunt them down during work hours and they are always willing to give you a helping hand. They make work more than bearable, and when you and your work baes are all working together there's nothing that you all can't handle. Other co-workers might think you all are ridiculous because of how much time you spend together at work or how excited you get when you are working together. But, its not your fault that having each other as work baes is so delightful!

The awesome thing about having a work bae is not everything is about work. Yes, of course work is the priority, but when you're having a rough time in your personal life, they are also there to help pull you out of your funk and lend a listening ear. The best part of finding a work bae is that you've probably grown to become pretty great friends! When one of you is not at work it's genuinely kind of depressing and pretty lonely. And because you have grown the become great friends in the work place, it's always a fun time to hang with your work baes outside the workplace too!

So, if you have not found yourself a work bae or 2 or 3 or 4, you need to get on it! It will be the best decision you make because who actually doesn't want their own personal support system at work. Who doesn't want a work baest friend!? And if you have a work bae already, you have taken one step in the right direction. Hold on to them tight and keep powering through work together.

There's nothing better than being able to lift each other up during a rough shift and laughing it off together afterwards.