Gina Bennett
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Gina has had the travel bug since she was a child.
She never really managed to get any further than the province she was living in as a child but now that she’s an adult, she finds herself starting to branch out and get her “travel legs” as it were.
Her first solo trip was in October 2015 when she took a 5 day trip to New York. She couldn’t get enough of it, and I couldn’t wait to get back out there. She was hooked almost instantly. From this drive, this need, Blaze-in' The Trails Media was born.
Now, Gina is trying to break into the world of digital nomadry and freelancing in order to work from pretty much anywhere in order to give her the freedom to travel when she wants.
In the meantime, she's working on building her brand and presence online through freelance writing and social media.
Goals and Aspirations:
Travel the world and document everything
Create her own media company
Doing what she wants to do with life.
Chasing her dreams
My family members have served, have fought and have died so that I could have the best life possible for myself, and at the moment, my life isn’t all that bad. It is a day where I sit and reflect on all that I have been given due to these sacrifices that have been given for me, and a day where I pay silent tribute to those men and women who gave their lives for mine. I find it a huge insult when someone who is supposed to be in one of the highest positions of power in the United States says he’s not going to be attending a service dedicated to these men and women because of a few drops of rain, and then decides that he is too good to take part in a march used to symbolize understanding of the sacrifice made by these fine men and women while paying tribute to them. What this tells me is that this man has no respect for those who fought in war, he has no respect for those that have fallen or come back with permanent mental/physical scars, he has no respect for the world leaders that were present, he has no respect for the people of his country and he has no respect for the position of power in which he finds himself.
I’ve made my fair share of decisions over the last couple weeks, but none as important as the following two: I’m leaving my job in December to focus on my own goals in life I’m moving into a more professional market come the new year. I’m terrified of these decisions, but I honestly feel that it’s what I need to do to make myself happy. I want to do what I want when I want, and how I want. It’s a complete, bonafide website, and it’s been turned into a one-stop shop for people who wish to know more about me, my team, the company’s approach to things and it’s got a professional style blog integrated into it.
I’m going to be sinking myself into my bachelor’s degree as much as I can while honing the craft I’ve come to call anthropological journalism (travel documentaries, filmmaking, travel influencer, travel journalist). Next summer, I’m planning to get my car back on the road, and I’m looking into the feasibility of traveling around the province to highlight people, places and things to bring to you all from the comfort of your laptop or mobile device, where ever you find yourself. I’ve got places of interest, touristy places, abandoned buildings, haunted locations, and I’m looking into adding a category along the lines of “places of cultural and historical significance” or something to that effect. I’m still in the conceptualization phase of this project, and this project may be something more akin to a longer-term focus, but it’s an idea that once again seems to have consumed me from the inside out, and I seem to be obsessing over, which tells me only one thing: I must pursue this idea to see if it has any merit.
This is a day I'd love to curl up with a mug of hot chocolate and baileys, a warm blanket and an amazing book. This was easily one of my favourite coffee shops while I was overseas this summer. This is a giant Tori gate from Meiji Shrine in Tokyo. I love how they merge the modern and the neutral into one seamless, living, breathing place.