I-Career Diaries: Hlangana noNicole Powell, owesifazane owasungula iKinfield

Ubuhle obumsulwa sebudume kakhulu eminyakeni yamuva nje, kepha indawo eyodwa yemboni ebilokhu ishoda kakhulu yile imikhiqizo yaphansi. Ungathola izinhlobonhlobo ze-vegan, izimonyo zemvelo emakethe, kodwa uma uyozingela isifutho sezinambuzane esihlanzekile, imiphumela ayithembisi kangako. Yilokhu okugqugquzele uNicole Powell ukuthi adale Kinfield, isimeme, brand ehlanzekile eziningana imikhiqizo main ukuze uthole isipiliyoni esihle sangaphandle. “Into yokuqala engiyenzile lapho siqala ukusebenza eKinfield kwaba ukundiza e-Indonesia ngiyozithengela mathupha amafutha e-citronella nama-clove,” usho kanje.

Noma ngabe ukuphuza ama-roses nje epaki, uPowell ufuna ukukhuthaza abantu phuma nsuku zonke ngemikhiqizo yakhe elula, ehlanzekile nesebenzayo yokunakekela isikhumba. Sikhulume noPowell ukuze sifunde okwengeziwe ngesizinda sakhe, imisebenzi yakhe yangaphandle ayintandokazi kanye nalokho angakusho kwabanye. osomabhizinisi besifazane, ezayo.

Ungasitshela okuncane ngawe?

Ngakhulela eMinnesota, ngangiyizibulo ezinganeni ezintathu, futhi ngazi kusukela ngisemncane ukuthi ngangithanda ukuhlola nokudala—yize ngangingazi ukuthi ngingaphishekela umsebenzi wokuba usomabhizinisi kwaze kwaba ngemva kwesikhathi eside. Bengilokhu ngingumuntu othanda ukwazi kakhulu, futhi ngibe nenhlanhla yokuthi ngikwazile ukulandela lelo lukuluku ezindaweni eziningi ezahlukahlukene, kusukela ekufundeni umkhankaso wezombangazwe wokumaketha ku-undergrade yami kuya kwabaqalayo kanye nemboni yezobuchwepheshe, ngase ngingena emhlabeni i-imeyili. -imfashini yezohwebo ngaphambi kokuntywila eKinfield. 

Uyini umlando we-Kinfield futhi yini eyakukhuthaza ukuthi udale umkhiqizo?

Kuqale lapho ngibona ukuthi bekunethuba lokwenza imikhiqizo yangaphandle ehamba phambili uma ngipakisha uhambo lokuqwala i-Yosemite. Ngangisasebenzisa imikhiqizo efanayo evamile engangiyikhumbula kusukela ebuntwaneni bami e-Minnesota futhi ngaqhubeka ngisebenzisa le mikhiqizo hhayi ngoba ngangiyithanda, kodwa ngenxa yokuthi kwakungekho izinketho ezingcono. Sekuyiminyaka eminingi kungekho okusha kule mikhiqizo noma izinhlobo! Ngakuthola kuxaka ngokukhethekile ukusebenzisa izithako ezinobuthi ngokwemvelo. Ngemva kokubheka nxazonke nokubuza abangani ngezincomo, ngabona ukuthi imikhiqizo engangifuna ukuyithenga - ehlanzekile, ephumelelayo, yesimanje - ayikho. Esikhundleni sokuyeka, ngamba futhi kwazalwa uKinfield.

Ngokungeziwe ekudaleni imikhiqizo yangaphandle engcono futhi esimeme, bengifuna futhi ukuqala ingxoxo ngezindlela eziningi sonke esiphuma ngazo ngaphandle namuhla. Khuthaza amaphikhinikhi epaki, ama-barbecue ngemuva kwendlu, nohambo lwasemini. Ucwaningo luye lwabonisa ukuthi ngisho nezikhathi ezifushane ngaphandle ziletha izinzuzo ezimangalisayo empilweni yethu yengqondo, ngokomzimba nangokomzwelo, futhi imikhiqizo yaseKinfield iklanyelwe ukwenza ukuphila kwakho kwangaphandle kwansuku zonke kube lula. 

Kufanele sibuze, yimuphi umsebenzi wangaphandle owukhonzile?

Ngilungele noma yikuphi ukuzijabulisa, ngisho noma kuhilela ukuvuka ngo-2 ekuseni ukuze ngikhuphukele esiqongweni sentaba ukuze kuphume ilanga (Mount Batur, iwufanele!). Muva nje, nokho, ngincamela ukwenza izinto ezithule—ukufunda nokulala ngesikhathi nginyakaza ku-hammock ngosuku olunobuthongo—lowo ngumbono wami wezulu. 

Imuphi umkhiqizo owuthandayo wase-Kinfield? 

Ngokweqiniso angikwazanga ukukhetha! ngijwayele ukusebenzisa gcoba amanzi ngaphezu kwakho konke ngoba iyi-moisturizer enhle yansuku zonke ekuhambeni.

Ngabe unethemba lokuyibona kuphi ibhrendi eminyakeni eyishumi?

Ngibona u-Keenfield ephayona ngemikhiqizo yabathengi esimeme ehlanzekile futhi esebenzayo, edala futhi ebungaza umphakathi ogqugquzelwe wabantu abathanda ngaphandle. Ngethemba ukuthi singaqhubeka nokusetha ibha yemikhiqizo emangalisayo esekelwe ezitshalweni, esekelwa isayensi, kanye nengxenye yendlela yokuphila yangaphandle ejabulisayo, enempilo. 

Ingabe unazo izeluleko zosomabhizinisi besifazane abasafufusa? 

Zizungeze nabantu abalungile - umphakathi wakho uyikho konke. Thola abantu ababungazayo, abakwesekayo, futhi abakukhuthazayo (nokuthi ubani ofuna ukubungaza, ukusekela, nokukhuthaza ngokubuyisela). Laba abethembayo bazokweseka ezinsukwini ezinzima futhi bazoba ngabokuqala ukugubha ukunqoba.