Lisa, host (right)

"The job I took here was pretty gruelling, most of my energy was sucked into that. I’m a host at a lodge, and when I first got here I was cleaning toilets and being nice to people. It was actually really great in a lot of ways though. It was nice to have a job where I didn't have homework, and also really interesting to be in the service industry and to have that experience in my life where I get to be the cleaner, and to experience how people treat you differently. In my practise of being a human, I know that what I do for a job isn't who I am, but it's interesting experiencing what that's like when other people do. It was really useful for me in terms of ego and that sort of thing, it's humbling. I do feel a bit like I've been an under-cover artist on this island, like I've been in a bit of recovery, rest, recuperation. And it's been going on for four years so a lot of recovery is still happening."