Living in a Wardli

Highs-

-Sharing the house with friends.
-The humorous conversations.
-The feeling of making your own meals.
-The choice of what food you want. (not including junk food.)
-The enjoyable nights, without homework.

Challengers-

-Cleaning the whole house everyday.
-Getting up really early.
-Cooperating to complete a task.
-Making a meal that you have never made.
-Avoiding laziness.

Expectations of others in your Wardli-

-Cleaning up after themselves.
-Thinking about others before themselves.
-Using their initiative.
-Being cooperative
-Doing there fair share.

What do you expect of yourself-

-Not lying around while others are cleaning up.
-Using my initiative.
-Respect my Wardli members.
-Not leaving things lying around.
-Being Supportive

Session 1-

My strength in our Wardli would be cleaning up after myself although i seem to leave it for later instead of just finishing it while I'm there. If a Wardli member told me to clean or help with something i would definitely do it. But i need to improve on cleaning up something without anyone advising me first. I help most nights with the cooking, although i seem to forget to clean up after. I always ask someone if they need anything before myself. I use my manners and respect other members in the Wardli, although at times i muck around and be a clown in important times of the day.

One of our large problems we first had in the Wardli was everyone doing their fair amount of work. A few people were slacking off and sitting around while others were cleaning their own room as well as the lazy member's room. This caused many other problems, people started to say they had done everything and then they would slack off too. It was just getting too confusing that no one was doing anything and the Wardli was becoming very messy. All the Wardlis seem to be having the same problem as well. So Dale suggested that each Wardli should have their own roster. We all thought that it wouldn't work and everyone would just forget about it, but we were wrong. Everyone did their fair amount which was written on the roster and we all got the jobs done with a some time to spare.

Another problem we had was finishing dinner and cleaning up before we were due in the classroom. It would take us ages to make dinner, especially when we weren't too sure and had to wait till the nanny's came. Once dinner was finally made we all went straight to the table and ate. By the time we were finished it was already time to be in the class room and we hadn't even started cleaning. We would complete a few chores but there were always a couple we missed making us lose points and nearly getting sent out to 'Hotel Hilton'. But we soon learnt out how to manage our time by cleaning before eating and obviously we became more independent with our cooking and didn't always rely on the nannies.

The last major problem we had in our Wardli was stress and arguments. People became so paranoid about others not cleaning that arguments would occur and yet again the amount of cleaning would become lower. Others would then become stressed that not enough cleaning was completed making the household very stressed and unhappy. Our Wardli meeting that everyone had was very helpful and gave us a chance to express what we believe would help people from getting annoyed at each other. Making sure everyone cleaned up after themselves help the stress lower.

This experience living in a Wardli have greatly impacted on my thoughts of my role at home. I never realised how much effort and time mum and dad spend cleaning up the house including my mess. I found it very difficult to cook one meal let alone mum and dad cooking dinner every night. I have realised how lazy i have been at home and when i arrive home ill will try to cook and clean as often as i can.

Session 2-

Initiative- A functional house mate needs strong initiative. Instead of walking past a mess and thinking that its not their problem, they will complete it with out any arguing or nagging someone else to finish it. With a house mate thinking like this, people will respect him more and try to use their initiative more often too.

Respect- Respect is also required to become a functional house mate. With respect towards other house mates, they will appreciate more of what you have to say. Having respect for others can keep the Wardli a friendly environment.

Effort- Effort is definitely an important behaviour. Putting effort into cleaning up the house or cooking will always improve the detail done to the work and also the job will be complete in less time.

Not Complaining- A functional house mate will never complain. Without complaining your are able to reduce the amounts of arguments. As well as finishing a tasks straight away and not have to think about it later. The other house mates with also enjoy your company more often and they will most likely stop nagging you as often.

Cooperative- With a cooperative house mate, jobs and tasks are able to be completed with no one being upset or negative about how the task was set. They will also reduce the stress and arguments in the household and keep everyone happy.

Our most functional house mate is very successful with keeping the Wardli happy because he is very supportive of others, listens to what everyone has to say and always helps someone if they are struggling with a chore. He'll always clean up his mess straight away and will tidy parts of the house that are not set for him to clean. He will always have a fair amount of food instead of being greedy and eating more then everyone else or taking all the sweets. Because of our house mate, our chores are completed in very little time, and everyone completes their tasks without any arguing.

My approach towards maintaining a successful Wardli, is cleaning up after myself and using initiative. As well as having a relaxed and fun time to reduce the stress and arguments. Making sure that we are keeping to the roster will also prevent fights. If the roster was not properly used, people would start arguing about what they have done and what the others haven't.