- Making new friends
- Strengthening existing friendships
- Independence
- Great Laughter
- Cooking
- Eating
- Responsibilty
- Learning about yourself
- Learning and doing new things
- Having nobody nagging or telling us what to do
- Living with certain individuals who are very lazy
- Solving problems
- Keeping the Wardli clean
- Running
- Sharing a room
- Not enough relaxation time
- No internet
- No TV
- Lowering your expectation of others
- Cooking
- Cooperating
- Using initiative
- Showing respect
- Not being selfish
- To have a good time
- Show respect
- Be optimistic
- Be a team member
- Be independent
- Enjoy myself
I think my strentghs in the wardli are that I ge ton with the work, I don't complain and I finish what is required and help other when they need it. I would like to improve my ability to communicate with the others and they do not know if I require help, I would also like to improve my indepence as I think i am alright in that aspect but I like to become even better.
Probably the biggest issuse was that a certain member in our Wardli was not doing his jobs properly and arguing a lot. He would often get up late and do things very slowly, like when emptying the bins he would take around 10 minutes. Then the second issuse was that the same individual would not allow us to cook or do anything in the kitchen durring dinner time, so we were really annoyed as on international night we had to force him away from the kitchen to allow and international boy cook. Then the final issuse was that during a washing load we would ask everyone if they had anything to wash, but the same person from before would say no and then when we are all finished he do a seperate load with a pair of socks, a t-shirt, two shorts and a couple of underwear, we all agreed that it was a waste of water and electricty. We raised all these issuses in the first wardli meeting and after that the member really changed and beome more helpful, I myself suggested that the only that person should do the kitchen so that if he fails he will get penalised not all of us.
My experiences have really impactes on my thoughts of my household and the role I play at home. I have had to lower my expectations for others, I have also had to step up for myself and not be passive as this program is about empowering us. I ahve also changed the way I do things do benifit our wardli even more, I have been getting on with things I know need to be done so I do them, I also am able to help people with jobs they are struggling with such as mopping or sweeping their area.
SESSION 2
- They should be able to do things indepently, they should not be asked to do anything as they should just get on with the work which is required.
- They should always lead by example as others will always look up to someone who does their work properly and effeciently.
- They should make everyone feel happy and cheerful as they should lighten the mood and make everyone feel alright when working with the others.
- They should also be able to take on board critisicm and not reject them or ignore them as it could be for their benifit.
- They should not relax until everyone is finished otherwise the workload will be shifted and the others will feel stress.
My approach to maintaing a succesful Wardli for the remainder of the program is to just get on with your work, if you see something that has to be done then just do it, if you have finshed early in your area and you can see that someone else is struggling in their area and needs a bit of help then just do it otherwise you will get the blame as well. We should also learn to cooperate with others otherwise we will never get anything done.
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