Kennedy Aplin
Shop Owner on Depop
“If you stick to your goals and keep doing your best, most of the time you will be successful.”
Milestones
My road in life took a while to figure out.
I started high school and got normal grades. However, I had a really hard time making friends and decided to move schools after my first year.
I went to a specialty high school, which allowed me to take college classes in addition to my normal ones. At this school, I ended up making a few close friends but the curriculum was too hard for me.
I went back to my old high school and stayed there until the beginning of my senior year, where I was forced to live in Washington with my other parent.
While there, I decided I really wanted to be a nurse or at least work some kind of a job in the medical field, so I started to take some extra medical-based classes at my school.
I got a part-time job, which I kept for almost six months, and realized that I really do not like working a minimum-wage job. This is when I started looking into clothing resale.
I applied to three universities and only got accepted into one, so I began preparing to move back to California to attend my new school after graduating high school in June of 2020.
I am currently attending college and have slowly worked my way up the status pole with my Depop shop. I pick up part-time jobs when I feel like I could use a little extra money to help with fees.
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Education
High School
Gov. John R. Rogers High School
Gov. John R. Rogers High School
Career
Shop Owner on Depop
I find clothes that I think have good style, fix them up if necessary, and sell them on my shop site.
Career Roadmap
My work combines:
My work combines:
Fashion
Entrepreneurship
Being Creative
Day to Day
Some days I will go out to multiple thrift stores to try and find new pieces to upload on my shop. Then whether the piece is something I just bought or it is from my own closet, I will inspect it thoroughly to make sure it does not have any flaws. After that, I take photos for the listings, and I answer questions I receive on them. Then, when I sell something, I pack it up and ship it out as soon as I can.
Recommended Education
My career is not related to what I studied. I'd recommend this path instead:
Hurdles
The Noise I Shed
From Parents:
"You keep buying all of these clothes, and I don't think you'll be able to sell all of them. You're going to be broke."
Challenges I Overcame
Drugs / Addiction
