My role

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A current role in my life is being a roommate to Maddy. An occupation that goes with being a roommate would be doing my part in cleaning the apartment, even though sometimes I don't want to clean. An activity with the occupation would be doing the dishes after cooking and eating and the task associated with the occupation would be turning on the water to effectively rinse off the dishes.

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