My name is Elana. I’m an international student studying in London. I used to have a pretty simple and easy life. Living in a nice flat with a pond in Chiswick with my flatmates who were like my sisters, going to a great university that was going to take me straight to the top of the food chain once I graduated, all the Australian and Kiwi men I could choose from…. but this whole recession has turned my life upside down. On top of trying to get by in a new and severlylacking university, I’m now an escort (to pay the bills). And an on and off squatter (to have some sort of semi-guiltless shelter). This is my attempt to adjust to this new lifestyle and to keep what sanity I can. Enjoy.