by Eva Fernandes | Feb 1, 2022 | Minimalism
“How much longer?” I ask. Silence. I’m trekking through a beautiful rainforest at the base of Kilimanjaro, Tanzania. After training for six months, I’m exhilarated to be here. But, now my enthusiasm is overcome by a growing sense of fatigue. While everyone else seems...
by Eva Fernandes | Jan 30, 2022 | Minimalism, Social Justice
Why is capitalism so God damn noisy? It was the first time I went to a shopping mall in six months. I was living on a tiny island during the pandemic. For months, I had not seen cars, motorbikes and certainly no shopping malls. Now, as I walked into the...
by Eva Fernandes | Jan 29, 2022 | Minimalism, Spirituality
The turtle is ahead of me. He is drifting. Drifting. Drifting. Drifting. So, I speed off in his direction until we are within each other’s line of sight. He lazily looks at me. I feel acknowledged. And then I start to play my turtle swimming game. I take a deep...
by Eva Fernandes | Jan 29, 2022 | Creativity, Minimalism, Spirituality
I was out of shape, out of breath, and out of luck. Just climbing up two flights of stairs knocked the wind out of me. And yet, I had agreed to climb Mount Kilimanjaro with a group of friends the following year (2012). I knew I had to do a lot to prepare in the...
by Eva Fernandes | Jan 15, 2022 | Minimalism, Social Justice
I tend to travel to rural areas, villages and tiny islands. Understanding how life is lived differently by those outside of capitalistic cities inspires me. I found an unlikely money teacher in an 11-year-old child in Cambodia. This is her story. 1. Fiji’s...
by Eva Fernandes | Jan 15, 2022 | Minimalism
January 2018 Nearly 3 a.m. I can’t sleep. My eyes can’t stop looking at the hand-written labels on my dressing table. Hair Brushes. Pearls. Indian Necklaces. Watches. The perfectly labeled dressing table. Organized and engineered for the perfect dressing experience....
