Living in Wardli

Highs

• Laughter
• Sleeping
• Comfy bed
• Sharing meals
• Eating
• Relaxing
• Conversations
• Passing an inspection
• Making new friends
• strengthening friendships

Lows

• No TV
• NO ipod
• NO family
• Cleaning
• Lazy people
• No dishwasher
• Homesickness
• Stupid people
• Getting up at 6:30
• More cleaning
• Snoring

Session 1

I feel that my strength in a Wardli is that I am able to delicate jobs quickly and fairly and then do the jobs quickly and well. My positive is that i am always cleaning and i would say that i am fairly solid at the cleaning and I always try pretty hard. I have good persistence's which is good because i am able to to finish all my chores. I would be more cooking but we have good cooks at the moment so that is good, i do cooking in Adelaide so i can handle it. I would like to improve cleaning after yourself and that goes for everyone. And personally i would like to be able to be less in an up coming inspection.

The three main issues that have occurred in our wardli is just laziness. As there is a constant mess just plainly because of laziness. Like maybe just filling the water jug to put on the table and the water dripping on the ground as he carries it across to the table. And then seeing it then walking straight past it and not bothering to clean it up or worse walking straight throw the water and making a muddy foot print. Now I really know and angry those things make my parents and why they get angry. Another main issue is that when people just say why should I clean it up it wasn't me. This is a really annoying saying as i didn't make the mess either and i am already busy doing something else. This is the main thing I want to improve on as the 3 weeks of living in a Wardli goes by. As it will make living in a Wardli much easier and will make it more fun. And i will definitely start enjoying myself more. So if we can work on that more that would be great. The last issue is harassment between two members of my dorm, which sometimes dampens the spirit and the confidence of the victim. This is really hard to do anything about as the culprit is rather large and it is rather hard to stop them as they have just so much hate for each other and the victim can't do anything about it and i am really not sure how to deal with it and what to do, i am thinking of just telling a teacher but I don't want to be viewed as a tell tale. We are getting through these issues by bring them up in the meetings and just generally trying to get on well with everyone. I am sure these issues will be solved or overlooked for the good of the wardli.

Session 2

• Intiative- this is very important as it will keep everyone in our wardli moving and doing well. Thus passing all our wardli inspections. This skill dosen't come from many of our wardli members, but the ones that do it are a real great help.
• Communication- this is a skill that everyone one in the world has, but not everyone is able convey this skill across in a good way and uses this properly. The skill is in our wardli but isn't used properly enough.
• Leading by example is a great skill to have, as it makes everyone else in our wardli take up the slack and pull there weight and sometimes more. This is really good when it happens and makes life a whole lot easier.
• Knowing what is going on- This is a easy skill to have but on of the best to have and master. It keeps your wardli informed and keeps them thinking in head e.g making lunch for tomorrow so they can clean in the morning
• Working as a team- working as a team requires all the skills shown above and many more. It is a great thing to have and helps everyone.

The most functional person in our wardli had all of the skills above and many more for example this very helpful person is able to take on the jobs that they have every day and you are also able to give them jobs and they will complete those jobs with a 100% effort and will do it so that it is perfect and that given job wouldn't lose any points in the inspection. This person is a person you want to spend time with and if you get angry they can calm you down and help deal with this. Overall this person is a great person to have in your wardli and we are very grateful for his effort.

To make our wardli successful for the rest of the trip,firstly we will devise a roster that will be really hopeful to the passing of all inspections and keeping a positive attitude on life and fun. I will work giving orders that don't sound so bossy and after that i should get a bit more respect and the out come would be good. Another soluation that will keep our wardli junctioning well is just chilling out more as that will help our wardli function better and everyone will be happier.