I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at an organizing video!!! 😆 From the freezer and ICAA, to having trouble “changing,” and the husbandus clutterus. You’re hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣
Cas and the clutterbug styles were eye opening for me. Not only knowing my style but being able to identify my family’s styles has helped so much in trying to live harmoniously.
Definitely agree! I waited watching this video because I wanted to see the comments :) I've learned that I am a bumblebug - and that a lot of other people are crosses too. I also live with a butterfly... a very butterfly, butterfly. (Sorta reminds me of Ariel's husband). We are actively working on getting our space to work better together - and me getting my stuff together, so I can find things fast when he goes 'where are the new sponges? Where are my pants?' ...... the man didn't know he had two drawers worth of socks, he had them in so many damn places lmao
I completely agree! I even feel the need to tell everyone. It takes time to organize, but you feel you're in the right direction if you know your style! And clutter stops from growing so I get to eventually organize everything. Everybody should feel this way!
Knowing your style is incredibly helpful in living with our possessions. No more trying to be someone we're not and getting frustrated because we can't keep up with a system that doesn't work for us. Finding out I was a Ladybug with some Cricket tendencies has opened my eyes and made my life much easier.
I used to hang everything on the door handles around my house because Im a butterfly but now that I know that I've put over the door organizers and hooks up all over all the doors. It's not everyones idea of beauty or efficiency but all my life I just thought I was a slob and it turns out I just really like seeing my stuff and I like things I use all the time to be in the thresholds of rooms so I know they're there and can grab them easily as I leave a room. It's so nice to have my stuff on the back of doors but not breaking my door handles or preventing my door from fully opening or closing.
You talking about your husband actually really resonated with me. You said something about maybe he had been told for a long time that he was just a messy person which led to him not even want to try. That really hit me because my mom’s organization / housekeeping style is so different from mine. Growing up, she was very particular about it, and I was told many times I just wasn’t cleaning up to standard. Come to find out, I’m a very put together and organized person in my own style. It’s a good reminder that as homemakers, we need to be sensitive and aware of the styles of all those living in our home. We need to be willing to be flexible in order to support and encourage our children so that they can learn what works best for them as they enter adulthood.
That sounds a bit like my beau, nothing was ever good enough, then he lived alone/with room-mates, and it didn't matter at first..... and then it got overwhelming and he just didn't want to do anything. Now we've been living together for three years, and while I knew I hoarded, he didn't know he did, and he's really resistant to change. We're working on it together.
I have been following Cas for a while and am a proud ladybug! I wish someone would do for cleaning routines what she has done for organizing. It would make landing on the right routine easier! Thank you, Ariel, for trying them all for us!
I love Cass's and your videos. I'm so happy for this collab! I'm a butterfly in how I put down clutter (where it's easy to find), but I'm a butterfly in the sense that I don't want to see my stuff because I find it ugly and the visual clutter makes me feel overwhelmed. I've started using baskets with great success. I love how Cass says that the four bugs are divided by people who manage their time differently: two want to put things away quickly and are okay with taking extra time to find items, while the other two are willing to take time to put things away so they're able to find things quickly. I almost cried. I'm not lazy--I just use my time differently. What an amazing revelation!
Yes I loved that realisation about using time differently! My bf just drops things pretty much wherever ("Football squished into the book shelf, next to the cleaning spray and water bottle? Sure why not") while I get major anxiety if I don't find the thing I need right away and can't handle the stress of having to search. It's such a struggle 😩
Wow. I hadn't made that connection, about the searching. Searching makes me insane. And late all the time. I'd rather put it away up front, and walk right to it when I need it (bc I'm running late -- no surprise).
I think she was confused with your style because you try so many different strategies and most strategies are more traditional organizing, so she was seeing a mish mash of different strategies you’ve tried before that may or may not have reflected your natural tendencies
eyyy you completed the 3! (Dawn, Dana, and Cas) love all your contents about all these tips. I watch them all and you add to the fun of going thru the process. Keep up creating these amazing contents. You're definitely in my top 3!
Cass's clutterbug system gave me great insight into how I should organize. I took the quiz quite a few times and I am always the same. I like that I understood why certain types of organizing worked best. I'm not perfect about it but it has really helped. By the way you are such a normal, relatable mom. And I mean this in the best way. I hope your channel grows much larger.
Thanks for always making me laugh out loud! The husband montage at the beginning ("where's the keys? Where's the ketchup? I'm out of socks. *Evil slow-mo villain laugh*" 😂). And then you struggling to "change" every morning 🤣
Two of my children and I have ADHD and watching you and your husband makes me think you could both utilize some of the same executive function resources and dopamine building ideas. Habits are very important and tying positive results to actions completed (even effusive praise) or adding fun or hygge ideas to make activities more appealing can help so much!
My husband leaves closets, drawers, doors open always. Also lights, he doesn’t turn them off. I’m just thankful we have a small dog so our front door & garage door does get closed. (He parks in the garage & the door closes on itself.) Thank heavens. Help! I like things clean, not cluttered & less is more for me. It’s a daily struggle. I’m currently going through each room decluttering & it’s a ton of work but I’m feeling much better. Takes time & I work out of the home full time but I’m doing it. For my husband he’s not so keen on me getting rid of stuff. So I kinda stash a box with things in it in my car trunk then donate. It’s just stuff we haven’t used in years. Thanks for your encouraging video & with your husbands added process.👍🏻🌺
That's so funny.. my husband is a great organizer, but.. he has a habit of leaving dresser drawer open half way and the closet door not fully closed, and yes leaves on lights. I haven't figured out yet why he does this 🙄 . But it drives me crazy. I like all doors closed. Lol
Finding Cas was a godsend for me, because it meant I discovered I was a butterfly, which meant finally knowing not just why I failed so badly to keep things organised but how I could fix that. Which we have been doing by among other things, we scrapped the standing wardrobes in our bedroom and created an entirely open plan clothes wall for me and an open Pax wardrobe for him being an also visual Bee. And its worked! Plus also must credit Melanie from A Hoarders Heart has helped me with the emotional side of dealing with clutter and also is a fellow butterfly. 🙂
Thanks for the channel rec. I need the emotional side too. I was already a pack rat but losing my son gave me stockpiling tendencies. 🫠 anyway. Off to process the trauma and embrace the future! 😂😂❤❤🎉🎉
Your husband is impressive for going along with the baskets and for modifying his behavior as best he could without going crazy. And you are impressive for be willing to stay in phase 1. You both seem to compromise respectfully very well :) Ps I’ve now learned I am definitely a butterfly and I think my parents are too. 3/4 of the closets in our have had their doors removed over the years. I think my sister is too, as her closets all have had their doors removed too!! 🤣🤣🤣 The thought of having stuff closed up behind a door gives me anxiety. The only ones I’ll tolerate closed are kitchen cabinets.
Great video. Just a thought. What if you got another extra bin for his cards, and when it is full you take it down to the basement room and leave it there. Get out the second bin and fill it up. Maybe by the time that one is full he will have emptied the first one.
I thought of that too but he might not ever empty the other bin. He might get even worse.. knowing that he has two bins and that somebody will bring the first bin to the basement... He doesn't have to clean the first bin at all. When the second bin is full too, he's just going to dump the first bin when he gets nagged to bring it back. He's not going to take the time to sort it neatly back where goes
@@brendalg4As someone who personally struggles to empty bins, that’s exactly how I would react to having two bins… fill them both and go… a third bin couldn’t possibly hurt! 🫣😆
How about a new bin whenever the bin on the table is full. Just keep buying bins and putting the full one with the other full ones in the basement. Then just TOTALLY problem and she doesn't have to look at it. She can throw a big blanket over it when she has to go down to the basement for laundry or whatever. @@beckyschauer7650
What a fun video! What about a card sorting tray/box for your husband? One with various dividers. The stacks of cards, make it look like he needs a more detailed system. But yes, the crunch point of any system is when it needs to be reset or emptied out from time to time. We always had the same problem with paper clutter.
Ariel, I love your videos so much!! You are so creative, and you have an awesome sense of humor!! Cas is fantastic! I've learned that I have a different Clutterbug style for different areas of my home.
Same for me! I’m mostly a ladybug, but in the kitchen I’m a cricket. I have to be able to just grab something I need without looking in the kitchen. I hate it to go through the teaspoons and desert forks to find an espresso spoon (just an example). But I don’t mind going through a bigger bin with the label „dental“ to find new floss. 🤷♀️
Same for me also! I'm mostly a ladybug, but I'm a cricket in the kitchen and also with paperwork. Cas's big basket of paperwork makes me shudder lol! However, big baskets of anything else I love.
The genius thing about Clutterbug is, you don't have to constrain yourself to one type all over the house. :) I also had a hard time identifying my type, because I use strategies from all 4 bugs depending on what I am dealing with. (though my main type is a bee, I think) For example, for clutter I have yet to sort trough, I put in baskets and hide in a closet. For often used Items, I prefer very visual and easy to get out/put away. For my makeup/self care products, I use micro organizing. But for other things, for example off season clothes that is stored away, I use more macro organizing. Because here is the thing: different areas of the home have different requirements. So it makes a lot of sense to use different strategies in different areas of the house. :)
Cass and the Clutterbug styles were life changing. I'm a 🦋 and have struggled my entire life. The only thing is she says we are worried we will forget about our stuff if we don't see it but I actually will forget about it if I don't see it 😂
I feel this. I’ve been working to set up systems that work for me over the past few years. Then I got married. And my systems don’t work for my husband at all. Tried the bin thing, and it landed in his office, never to return! I’ve at least got him on board understanding that we need systems that work for both of us. So he is actually building himself a collection containment unit with a matching piece for his office so things can move back and forth quickly and easily without driving me bananas!
So important to work as a team and communicate without blaming. I had my husband take the Clutterbug test and he is a cricket just like me. If we can’t do it perfectly we don’t start so we are working on ‘good enough’ systems (until we can do it right).
Could you fit a fourth bin? The card bin looks like it can barely hold one week’s supplies. Maybe even two spare bins, so that when they go to the basement he can have some time to unload them the ways he wants before they have to immediately return back upstairs?
A fourth bin would fit if they were oriented vertically, and if they were oriented vertically there would be less space in front for things to sit outside the bins. Great video, love it!
all that 4th bin will do is allowing her husband to procrastinate more, he's going to need a fifth one eventually. trust me that's my husband about our laundry basket. 2 weeks he hasn't put his cleaned laundry away coz there's a spare we could use. the spare was supposed to be a replacement coz the other broke by the handle but still useable. just haven't thrown out the broken one. he used to put away his clothes when we only had one.
I adore you and I also adore Cass. I'm so glad you had a consult with her. I'd love to have one myself. However, that toothbrush holder is genious, and I absolutely MUST have that in my life. Yesterday, if not sooner.
This is so similar to the recent progress that's been made at our house! My husband is a butterfly and I am a cricket. For a long time it was tough finding compatible ways of maintaining things, but when I finally learned more about butterfly tendencies and how to compromise better? Man, I'm still amazed that my husband has actually been "following the systems" quite well, and so have I, which makes it that much easier for me (and not annoying at all anymore, lol) to put away the handful of things that still get left out ☺️ Love your hilarious ways of making a point, haha...thanks for sharing new knowledge AND some good laughs 😉
Clutterbug was the absolute game changer for me!! I never could figure why most of the recommended ways never worked for me, as I spent so much time trying each one! It was because those styles worked against ME instead of for or with ME! Most styles organize in a hidden way and I am visually driven! I even decorate with visual abundance and it makes my heart happy! I am autistic and a butterfly but when I get overwhelmed I get extremely detailed and nitpick. I clean/organize and micromanage in my home if I am stressed about things I can’t control. I always called it ‘productive worrying’ but it turned me into a workaholic with fibromyalgia. I never thought to connect it with my autism because I didn’t find out until I was 58! I love cleaning and organizing and Ariel’s videos make me happy!! (Cas keeps me sane!!) GREAT VIDEO!!
Been with cas since 2013 when she started. Very proud of her, she & I have done a ton of work. I’m currently on year 2 of my decluttering and still watch her show. 🎉
I decided to subscribe because you’re funny! And I like Cas very, very much because she has helped me very, very much.Great job on a fun and useful video!🎉
HAAAHAHAHAHHAAAAA....I'm having trouble getting started today. Was watching this in the background. ...."I need help. REAL help".... *insert man* where's this?...where's that!...FART* haaahahaaaa....I'm dying. Thanks. I needed that !
I found Cas about 6 or so years ago. It’s been a journey!!! I’m still getting there… but it’s been awesome and I’m “staying up the end!” That’s where the giggles are!
The clutterbug system was an eye opener for me. I am definitely a bee, but I think my husband is a butterfly. He is amused by my love of labeling everything.
I'm a butterfly-ish but what I really want to know is what bug is the mom with lots of littles who would love to put things away when she's done with them, but often has to tend to a child mid task and never gets back to it and all of a sudden it's time to make dinner and clean the dishes and nurse the baby and fall into bed before remembering she left the kitchenaid on the counter, the laundry on the couch, and all the homeschooling materials in the dining room table? That one is probably the centipede 🙃
Hahahahaha I was trying to think of a flitty bug like a dragonfly but it's totally a centipede. 🤣🤣🤣 A thousand things going on at once! You sound like me! Trying to keep things organised in the chaos with 2 homeschoolers and 2 toddlers 😅😅🥴🥴🫠🫠🤣🤣 We got this lol we'll morph into butterflies later, the days are long but the years are short. 🥰🥰🥰
I've been following Cas for about 15 years. I'm a cricket but I have to compromise and make everything in communal areas butterfly style for my husband and our son. The key is decluttering often, so there isn't too much overflowing out of their visual, large category homes to drive me as crazy.
This, too, shall pass. All too quickly. Enjoy the chaos, but do continually declutter and simplify. I just wish I had heard of “minimalish “ in about 1986. Makes everything easier.
Thank you so much, you really helped this family! You two mesh so well, it would be nice to see more videos together. This lady's humor is a superpower.
I have always been told I'm a slob, I'm messy, I'm lazy, so I just accepted that. It's taken me a long time to realize it's not me that doesn't fit, it's the systems I've been pushed into using that don't fit me. I'm definitely a butterfly...the first thing I did when moving into my own house was take all the closet and kitchen cabinet doors off. I want everything to be where I can see it; instead of just living in a cluttered house and accepting the mess, I need to find organization that fits me. It's something I've been working on and I think the Clutterbug stuff will help me tremendously. Great video, as usual! Amusing and very helpful.
my husband is also a butterfly. I happen to be a bee, so at least he and I both share the need to see our stuff. We have not progressed beyond stage 1, either, but I noticed that your husband's card bin seems too small for him. The cards are spreading out so he can see them. My husband likes to use pretty trays to keep his stuff. And they are bigger than the bins. They also allow him to see his stuff instead of being inside something he can't see through. I wonder if a clear bin that is a larger size might work better for your husband. And maybe if he had a space to work on his cards that is closer to where the buffet is it would encourage him to put the bin back instead of having to bring it back up from the basement. Good luck! My husband likes to throw his clothes on the floor next to the laundry hamper and to hang his coats and jackets on the kitchen chairs instead of putting them on the hooks in the entryway. Of course he would never open the hallway closet door and hang them up! I love him anyway and I know you love your butterfly too 😉
My space used to look like a home invasion crime scene. I had to walk across piles of mess of stuff and just have a corner on the bed for me to maybe sleep. Let me tell you, following the Clutterbug system helped me tremendously! It is easier to keep clean and STAY CLEAN if you are organized. A lot of organizers say that you should organize first then clean and I used to think that does not make sense. But they are right. Btw, I am a mix between Butterfly and Ladybug. I keep the items that I reach for most often within easy reach and inside an open bin. Everything else is out of sight out of mind but with labeling on the door to get a quick look of where is what. I have been keeping clean and organized with this system for several months now.
I just took the quiz and turns out I'm a butterfly. I watched the video and she totally gets me! I never thought of having stuff in large categories with NO LIDS! No lids is so perfect!! It's not every day I come across someone who just gets it like that.
It took me a long time to figure out my clutterbug style, but the key turning point for me in figuring it out a year or so ago was her recommendation to look at areas of your home that you are pleased with and consistently function well for you. I found two small spots in my home that I really loved and were never an issue, and I had a revelation! Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I am SO a visual person and did not realize it at all. I had thought I was a hidden type because I’m easily overwhelmed by too many things, so I simply assumed I wasn’t visual. In reality, I want to see every last item I have out in plain view, I just want it to be non-chaotic and visually pretty. My solution to this, was to minimize the amount of items in my home and then to treat all items I have as decor, it just so happens that I can stir the soup with my decor LOL! I even have a rule for myself that if it can go on the wall somehow, then put it on the wall 😂. We don’t use closets anymore either, but have an open wardrobe wall. In the end, I think I’m a Bee in her system because I like to put things in pretty rows and decant stuff into jars and things. That revelation that day has changed my entire home! As for my husband, I’m not sure what he is, but he seems to be fine with using whatever visual system I set up, he’s just not as particular about how exactly things are placed, so maybe he’s a butterfly. Thankfully, if he sets something down out of place I don’t mind putting it back in the home I’ve created for it. The only time we run into issues is like your husband and the cards. If he has a project he hasn’t finished it sits out, and boy does that bother me! Thanks for the delightful video! It’s gotten me thinking about how to resolve that issue!
Ariel! Last night I literally thought excitedly when going to RUclips, "Is Saturday yet?!?" Because I was so looking forward to watching your video~ thanks for brightening my day! 😃
I seem to be a combination of a ladybug, a bee, and a butterfly. Especially a butterfly. I wish I had found you/ClutterBug years ago, lol. I could’ve figured out what to do about it.
It’s good that you and your husband have macro in common. I’m a ladybug, and my husband is a bee/butterfly. He naturally organizes like a bee but has a hard time keeping up with his micro systems. He’s a stacker and a spreader, and a saver and collector. 🤦♀️ I’m a hider and a declutter-er. So there’s a lot of minimalist vs maximalist. I just compromise and figure there’s worse things in life. So, I put up with the skateboard decks (over 100 now) tools left everywhere, and tiny dragon ball-esque collectibles all over every surface of the computer/family room downstairs. I figure I can put up with all that because he takes care of yard work, car maintenance, plumbing, etc. We’ve got three teens, too, so I figure the house will never be ladybug perfect, or minimalist, but it’s mostly tidy, clean, and comfortable. I can live with that. 😁
That beautiful mtg cards pile... I'd say me and my partner have the same problem, but we are both crickets, so our collection is beautifully organised and kept out of sight.
Cas is a gem! She’s so good at breaking things down so you can figure out your style, and she gives a lot of suggestions and explains the reasons behind them, so you know what to look for even if those specific suggestions don’t fit your situation. Hands-down, she’s the most helpful organizing guru I’ve found.
As a former Magic (that card game those cards are from) player, I was thinking those baskets would be too rough for the cards. And I noticed the paper that got added to line the baskets haha. Probably need a smooth basket for those. Then again I would also try to keep dust from landing on them.
I loved this so much! I took the quiz and I’m a ladybug as well (but probably with some butterfly tendencies). My biggest struggle with organization is figuring out a system to use or knowing what kinds of organizing containers to buy to help me.
I’m a ladybug. My mom and sisters are bees. They have always made fun of me for being “disorganized.” Come to find out, I just organize differently. It was so life giving to not feel judged anymore.
Very entertaining as usual! She came up with some great solutions that seem to work. I wonder if adding incentives would get your husband to empty his card bin every week. He gets the idea. He sees the reason for it, but he doesn't think it is so important that he can't let it slide after a while. Maybe there is a way to show him that things that seem like they aren't that important really are important. How would he like it if you started the week off with great care for your appearance or the kids appearance, but got sloppier about it as the week went on? Would he care? Maybe he wouldn't but maybe he would. He might see where you are coming from. There must be a way to make the trip downstairs worth the effort OR maybe he wants the added expense of adding a room to the first floor so he can have his card collection on the first floor and save himself the walk up and down the stairs? In the grand scheme of things, you are blessed to have these for your crosses to bear, though.
I've taken the quiz multiple times, but I think I answer differently on some questions each time, because it *depends* on various factors, and I've gotten better over time (the more I declutter,) so I get a different bug each time. lol.
I soon as I saw the problem areas I knew someone in the house had to be visual. I'm a butterfly and my husband is a bee, so we have so many visual solutions. Practically all of my extended family are butterflies.
Loved this and honestly long before Cass I read a book that said look at where you are putting like items and make it a suitable home there instead of trying to give it a new place to live. So if mail ends up continually in the same place give it a bin with things that need to be filed, things that need dealt with like bills and another for things that you will consider but ultimately will be discarded like coupons or weekly ads.
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Cas is one of my favourites. Since discovering I'm a Ladybug my home functions so much better. Love this video 😍
Same 🥰
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at an organizing video!!! 😆 From the freezer and ICAA, to having trouble “changing,” and the husbandus clutterus. You’re hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣
"I've been waiting my whole life for someone to tell me not to clean..." was what got me. 😂
@@arizonashopper5095 omg YES that too 😂
Cas and the clutterbug styles were eye opening for me. Not only knowing my style but being able to identify my family’s styles has helped so much in trying to live harmoniously.
Definitely agree! I waited watching this video because I wanted to see the comments :) I've learned that I am a bumblebug - and that a lot of other people are crosses too. I also live with a butterfly... a very butterfly, butterfly. (Sorta reminds me of Ariel's husband). We are actively working on getting our space to work better together - and me getting my stuff together, so I can find things fast when he goes 'where are the new sponges? Where are my pants?'
...... the man didn't know he had two drawers worth of socks, he had them in so many damn places lmao
I completely agree! I even feel the need to tell everyone. It takes time to organize, but you feel you're in the right direction if you know your style! And clutter stops from growing so I get to eventually organize everything. Everybody should feel this way!
This was a fun video I really enjoyed it
Knowing your style is incredibly helpful in living with our possessions. No more trying to be someone we're not and getting frustrated because we can't keep up with a system that doesn't work for us. Finding out I was a Ladybug with some Cricket tendencies has opened my eyes and made my life much easier.
I used to hang everything on the door handles around my house because Im a butterfly but now that I know that I've put over the door organizers and hooks up all over all the doors. It's not everyones idea of beauty or efficiency but all my life I just thought I was a slob and it turns out I just really like seeing my stuff and I like things I use all the time to be in the thresholds of rooms so I know they're there and can grab them easily as I leave a room. It's so nice to have my stuff on the back of doors but not breaking my door handles or preventing my door from fully opening or closing.
You talking about your husband actually really resonated with me. You said something about maybe he had been told for a long time that he was just a messy person which led to him not even want to try.
That really hit me because my mom’s organization / housekeeping style is so different from mine. Growing up, she was very particular about it, and I was told many times I just wasn’t cleaning up to standard. Come to find out, I’m a very put together and organized person in my own style.
It’s a good reminder that as homemakers, we need to be sensitive and aware of the styles of all those living in our home. We need to be willing to be flexible in order to support and encourage our children so that they can learn what works best for them as they enter adulthood.
That sounds a bit like my beau, nothing was ever good enough, then he lived alone/with room-mates, and it didn't matter at first..... and then it got overwhelming and he just didn't want to do anything. Now we've been living together for three years, and while I knew I hoarded, he didn't know he did, and he's really resistant to change. We're working on it together.
I love you and your husband so much! He is such a champ and I love how he supports you and adds so much silliness and humor to your videos!🫶
You and Cas are great together. Your husband is hilarious.
I have been following Cas for a while and am a proud ladybug! I wish someone would do for cleaning routines what she has done for organizing. It would make landing on the right routine easier! Thank you, Ariel, for trying them all for us!
Your husband walking in and looking at the baskets 😂😂 I really love your videos!
You’re adorable!! I love your channel & sense of humor!
I love Cass's and your videos. I'm so happy for this collab! I'm a butterfly in how I put down clutter (where it's easy to find), but I'm a butterfly in the sense that I don't want to see my stuff because I find it ugly and the visual clutter makes me feel overwhelmed. I've started using baskets with great success. I love how Cass says that the four bugs are divided by people who manage their time differently: two want to put things away quickly and are okay with taking extra time to find items, while the other two are willing to take time to put things away so they're able to find things quickly. I almost cried. I'm not lazy--I just use my time differently. What an amazing revelation!
Yes I loved that realisation about using time differently! My bf just drops things pretty much wherever ("Football squished into the book shelf, next to the cleaning spray and water bottle? Sure why not") while I get major anxiety if I don't find the thing I need right away and can't handle the stress of having to search. It's such a struggle 😩
Wow. I hadn't made that connection, about the searching. Searching makes me insane. And late all the time. I'd rather put it away up front, and walk right to it when I need it (bc I'm running late -- no surprise).
I think she was confused with your style because you try so many different strategies and most strategies are more traditional organizing, so she was seeing a mish mash of different strategies you’ve tried before that may or may not have reflected your natural tendencies
Cas has changed my life. I have found peace of mind through her system. She is a game changer 😃
eyyy you completed the 3! (Dawn, Dana, and Cas) love all your contents about all these tips. I watch them all and you add to the fun of going thru the process. Keep up creating these amazing contents. You're definitely in my top 3!
She collected the whole set! If it was trading cards, she'd get plus 50 magic for that! 😂
Cass's clutterbug system gave me great insight into how I should organize. I took the quiz quite a few times and I am always the same. I like that I understood why certain types of organizing worked best. I'm not perfect about it but it has really helped.
By the way you are such a normal, relatable mom. And I mean this in the best way. I hope your channel grows much larger.
Thanks for always making me laugh out loud! The husband montage at the beginning ("where's the keys? Where's the ketchup? I'm out of socks. *Evil slow-mo villain laugh*" 😂). And then you struggling to "change" every morning 🤣
Your new filming spot is beautiful! That paint color is perfection.
Two of my children and I have ADHD and watching you and your husband makes me think you could both utilize some of the same executive function resources and dopamine building ideas. Habits are very important and tying positive results to actions completed (even effusive praise) or adding fun or hygge ideas to make activities more appealing can help so much!
Let your husband know that every time he flushes the toilet fecal bacteria spray into the air and get on his toothbrush he'll put it away 😂
Or at least Close the lid
My husband refused to believe me when I told him that fact. Sometimes he didn’t want to accept reality
My husband leaves closets, drawers, doors open always. Also lights, he doesn’t turn them off. I’m just thankful we have a small dog so our front door & garage door does get closed. (He parks in the garage & the door closes on itself.) Thank heavens. Help! I like things clean, not cluttered & less is more for me. It’s a daily struggle. I’m currently going through each room decluttering & it’s a ton of work but I’m feeling much better. Takes time & I work out of the home full time but I’m doing it. For my husband he’s not so keen on me getting rid of stuff. So I kinda stash a box with things in it in my car trunk then donate. It’s just stuff we haven’t used in years. Thanks for your encouraging video & with your husbands added process.👍🏻🌺
That's so funny.. my husband is a great organizer, but.. he has a habit of leaving dresser drawer open half way and the closet door not fully closed, and yes leaves on lights. I haven't figured out yet why he does this 🙄 . But it drives me crazy. I like all doors closed. Lol
The struggle to change pun was hillarious 😂
IKR? Didn't see that coming. I LOL so hard 😂😂😂
Finding Cas was a godsend for me, because it meant I discovered I was a butterfly, which meant finally knowing not just why I failed so badly to keep things organised but how I could fix that. Which we have been doing by among other things, we scrapped the standing wardrobes in our bedroom and created an entirely open plan clothes wall for me and an open Pax wardrobe for him being an also visual Bee. And its worked! Plus also must credit Melanie from A Hoarders Heart has helped me with the emotional side of dealing with clutter and also is a fellow butterfly. 🙂
Thanks for the channel rec. I need the emotional side too. I was already a pack rat but losing my son gave me stockpiling tendencies. 🫠 anyway. Off to process the trauma and embrace the future! 😂😂❤❤🎉🎉
Yup! Yup! Yup!
OK, you got me there with your "Husbandus Clutterus" montage... I died.... you are so clever and funny!
Your husband is impressive for going along with the baskets and for modifying his behavior as best he could without going crazy. And you are impressive for be willing to stay in phase 1. You both seem to compromise respectfully very well :)
Ps I’ve now learned I am definitely a butterfly and I think my parents are too. 3/4 of the closets in our have had their doors removed over the years. I think my sister is too, as her closets all have had their doors removed too!! 🤣🤣🤣
The thought of having stuff closed up behind a door gives me anxiety. The only ones I’ll tolerate closed are kitchen cabinets.
Along with the helpful organizing tips, I love seeing glimpses of your daily home life. ❤️ Hope you're all doing well, Ariel! 🎃🥰👻
Great video. Just a thought. What if you got another extra bin for his cards, and when it is full you take it down to the basement room and leave it there. Get out the second bin and fill it up. Maybe by the time that one is full he will have emptied the first one.
I thought of that too but he might not ever empty the other bin. He might get even worse.. knowing that he has two bins and that somebody will bring the first bin to the basement... He doesn't have to clean the first bin at all. When the second bin is full too, he's just going to dump the first bin when he gets nagged to bring it back. He's not going to take the time to sort it neatly back where goes
@@brendalg4As someone who personally struggles to empty bins, that’s exactly how I would react to having two bins… fill them both and go… a third bin couldn’t possibly hurt! 🫣😆
How about a new bin whenever the bin on the table is full. Just keep buying bins and putting the full one with the other full ones in the basement. Then just TOTALLY problem and she doesn't have to look at it. She can throw a big blanket over it when she has to go down to the basement for laundry or whatever. @@beckyschauer7650
What a fun video!
What about a card sorting tray/box for your husband? One with various dividers. The stacks of cards, make it look like he needs a more detailed system.
But yes, the crunch point of any system is when it needs to be reset or emptied out from time to time. We always had the same problem with paper clutter.
This video made me laugh so hard. You are awesome! Thank you for doing this! 😂
Ariel, I love your videos so much!! You are so creative, and you have an awesome sense of humor!!
Cas is fantastic! I've learned that I have a different Clutterbug style for different areas of my home.
Same for me! I’m mostly a ladybug, but in the kitchen I’m a cricket. I have to be able to just grab something I need without looking in the kitchen. I hate it to go through the teaspoons and desert forks to find an espresso spoon (just an example). But I don’t mind going through a bigger bin with the label „dental“ to find new floss. 🤷♀️
Same for me also! I'm mostly a ladybug, but I'm a cricket in the kitchen and also with paperwork. Cas's big basket of paperwork makes me shudder lol! However, big baskets of anything else I love.
I have a friend who really really needs this. I’m going to give it to her.
Cass is so fun, love her. That was so fun you got to collab with her.
Definitely need to know your spouse’s style too!! I’ve been watching Cas for about a year now and have made awesome progress ❤
The genius thing about Clutterbug is, you don't have to constrain yourself to one type all over the house. :) I also had a hard time identifying my type, because I use strategies from all 4 bugs depending on what I am dealing with. (though my main type is a bee, I think)
For example, for clutter I have yet to sort trough, I put in baskets and hide in a closet. For often used Items, I prefer very visual and easy to get out/put away. For my makeup/self care products, I use micro organizing. But for other things, for example off season clothes that is stored away, I use more macro organizing.
Because here is the thing: different areas of the home have different requirements. So it makes a lot of sense to use different strategies in different areas of the house. :)
Cass and the Clutterbug styles were life changing. I'm a 🦋 and have struggled my entire life. The only thing is she says we are worried we will forget about our stuff if we don't see it but I actually will forget about it if I don't see it 😂
I feel this. I’ve been working to set up systems that work for me over the past few years. Then I got married. And my systems don’t work for my husband at all. Tried the bin thing, and it landed in his office, never to return! I’ve at least got him on board understanding that we need systems that work for both of us. So he is actually building himself a collection containment unit with a matching piece for his office so things can move back and forth quickly and easily without driving me bananas!
So important to work as a team and communicate without blaming. I had my husband take the Clutterbug test and he is a cricket just like me. If we can’t do it perfectly we don’t start so we are working on ‘good enough’ systems (until we can do it right).
Your videos are great! Favorite part of this one was your ice cream organization in the freezer! Priceless!
Great video! I love the ideas for the buffet!
Love the bathroom sink solution!
Could you fit a fourth bin? The card bin looks like it can barely hold one week’s supplies. Maybe even two spare bins, so that when they go to the basement he can have some time to unload them the ways he wants before they have to immediately return back upstairs?
A fourth bin would fit if they were oriented vertically, and if they were oriented vertically there would be less space in front for things to sit outside the bins. Great video, love it!
all that 4th bin will do is allowing her husband to procrastinate more, he's going to need a fifth one eventually. trust me that's my husband about our laundry basket. 2 weeks he hasn't put his cleaned laundry away coz there's a spare we could use. the spare was supposed to be a replacement coz the other broke by the handle but still useable. just haven't thrown out the broken one. he used to put away his clothes when we only had one.
What's a weeks worth of card supplies?
I adore you and I also adore Cass. I'm so glad you had a consult with her. I'd love to have one myself. However, that toothbrush holder is genious, and I absolutely MUST have that in my life. Yesterday, if not sooner.
This is so similar to the recent progress that's been made at our house! My husband is a butterfly and I am a cricket. For a long time it was tough finding compatible ways of maintaining things, but when I finally learned more about butterfly tendencies and how to compromise better? Man, I'm still amazed that my husband has actually been "following the systems" quite well, and so have I, which makes it that much easier for me (and not annoying at all anymore, lol) to put away the handful of things that still get left out ☺️
Love your hilarious ways of making a point, haha...thanks for sharing new knowledge AND some good laughs 😉
Clutterbug was the absolute game changer for me!! I never could figure why most of the recommended ways never worked for me, as I spent so much time trying each one! It was because those styles worked against ME instead of for or with ME! Most styles organize in a hidden way and I am visually driven! I even decorate with visual abundance and it makes my heart happy! I am autistic and a butterfly but when I get overwhelmed I get extremely detailed and nitpick. I clean/organize and micromanage in my home if I am stressed about things I can’t control. I always called it ‘productive worrying’ but it turned me into a workaholic with fibromyalgia. I never thought to connect it with my autism because I didn’t find out until I was 58! I love cleaning and organizing and Ariel’s videos make me happy!! (Cas keeps me sane!!) GREAT VIDEO!!
Same. When I discovered that sorting pencils for hours had nothing to do with how I organize 😂 because afterward everything went into one bowl.
Been with cas since 2013 when she started.
Very proud of her, she & I have done a ton of work.
I’m currently on year 2 of my decluttering and still watch her show. 🎉
The two organizers who always make me laugh - together. 🎉 👏🏻
Please shut your kitchen cabinets! I had to get staples in the top of my head from the corner of a cabinet.
I decided to subscribe because you’re funny! And I like Cas very, very much because she has helped me very, very much.Great job on a fun and useful video!🎉
Most underrated video ever
HAAAHAHAHAHHAAAAA....I'm having trouble getting started today. Was watching this in the background. ...."I need help. REAL help".... *insert man* where's this?...where's that!...FART* haaahahaaaa....I'm dying. Thanks. I needed that !
I found Cas about 6 or so years ago. It’s been a journey!!! I’m still getting there… but it’s been awesome and I’m “staying up the end!” That’s where the giggles are!
You are so much fun! 😂 I’m a ladybug here 🐞discovering this has helped me so much at home 😍
The clutterbug system was an eye opener for me. I am definitely a bee, but I think my husband is a butterfly. He is amused by my love of labeling everything.
I'm a butterfly-ish but what I really want to know is what bug is the mom with lots of littles who would love to put things away when she's done with them, but often has to tend to a child mid task and never gets back to it and all of a sudden it's time to make dinner and clean the dishes and nurse the baby and fall into bed before remembering she left the kitchenaid on the counter, the laundry on the couch, and all the homeschooling materials in the dining room table? That one is probably the centipede 🙃
Hahahahaha I was trying to think of a flitty bug like a dragonfly but it's totally a centipede. 🤣🤣🤣 A thousand things going on at once! You sound like me! Trying to keep things organised in the chaos with 2 homeschoolers and 2 toddlers 😅😅🥴🥴🫠🫠🤣🤣
We got this lol we'll morph into butterflies later, the days are long but the years are short. 🥰🥰🥰
I've been following Cas for about 15 years. I'm a cricket but I have to compromise and make everything in communal areas butterfly style for my husband and our son. The key is decluttering often, so there isn't too much overflowing out of their visual, large category homes to drive me as crazy.
This, too, shall pass. All too quickly. Enjoy the chaos, but do continually declutter and simplify. I just wish I had heard of “minimalish “ in about 1986. Makes everything easier.
Your videos are my absolute favorite! You always go the extra mile to make them super entertaining.
Thank you so much, you really helped this family! You two mesh so well, it would be nice to see more videos together. This lady's humor is a superpower.
Love Cas, love this video, and please make sure you thank your husband for being such a good sport! 🙌
I have always been told I'm a slob, I'm messy, I'm lazy, so I just accepted that. It's taken me a long time to realize it's not me that doesn't fit, it's the systems I've been pushed into using that don't fit me. I'm definitely a butterfly...the first thing I did when moving into my own house was take all the closet and kitchen cabinet doors off. I want everything to be where I can see it; instead of just living in a cluttered house and accepting the mess, I need to find organization that fits me. It's something I've been working on and I think the Clutterbug stuff will help me tremendously. Great video, as usual! Amusing and very helpful.
my husband is also a butterfly. I happen to be a bee, so at least he and I both share the need to see our stuff. We have not progressed beyond stage 1, either, but I noticed that your husband's card bin seems too small for him. The cards are spreading out so he can see them. My husband likes to use pretty trays to keep his stuff. And they are bigger than the bins. They also allow him to see his stuff instead of being inside something he can't see through. I wonder if a clear bin that is a larger size might work better for your husband. And maybe if he had a space to work on his cards that is closer to where the buffet is it would encourage him to put the bin back instead of having to bring it back up from the basement. Good luck! My husband likes to throw his clothes on the floor next to the laundry hamper and to hang his coats and jackets on the kitchen chairs instead of putting them on the hooks in the entryway. Of course he would never open the hallway closet door and hang them up! I love him anyway and I know you love your butterfly too 😉
Love both of these ladies ❤❤
14:26 Hello
I have an idea
Add an extra empty bin underneath your table so you may replace when the full one is place elsewhere (rotation)
My space used to look like a home invasion crime scene. I had to walk across piles of mess of stuff and just have a corner on the bed for me to maybe sleep. Let me tell you, following the Clutterbug system helped me tremendously!
It is easier to keep clean and STAY CLEAN if you are organized. A lot of organizers say that you should organize first then clean and I used to think that does not make sense. But they are right.
Btw, I am a mix between Butterfly and Ladybug. I keep the items that I reach for most often within easy reach and inside an open bin. Everything else is out of sight out of mind but with labeling on the door to get a quick look of where is what. I have been keeping clean and organized with this system for several months now.
I just took the quiz and turns out I'm a butterfly. I watched the video and she totally gets me! I never thought of having stuff in large categories with NO LIDS! No lids is so perfect!! It's not every day I come across someone who just gets it like that.
It took me a long time to figure out my clutterbug style, but the key turning point for me in figuring it out a year or so ago was her recommendation to look at areas of your home that you are pleased with and consistently function well for you. I found two small spots in my home that I really loved and were never an issue, and I had a revelation! Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I am SO a visual person and did not realize it at all. I had thought I was a hidden type because I’m easily overwhelmed by too many things, so I simply assumed I wasn’t visual. In reality, I want to see every last item I have out in plain view, I just want it to be non-chaotic and visually pretty. My solution to this, was to minimize the amount of items in my home and then to treat all items I have as decor, it just so happens that I can stir the soup with my decor LOL! I even have a rule for myself that if it can go on the wall somehow, then put it on the wall 😂. We don’t use closets anymore either, but have an open wardrobe wall. In the end, I think I’m a Bee in her system because I like to put things in pretty rows and decant stuff into jars and things. That revelation that day has changed my entire home! As for my husband, I’m not sure what he is, but he seems to be fine with using whatever visual system I set up, he’s just not as particular about how exactly things are placed, so maybe he’s a butterfly. Thankfully, if he sets something down out of place I don’t mind putting it back in the home I’ve created for it. The only time we run into issues is like your husband and the cards. If he has a project he hasn’t finished it sits out, and boy does that bother me! Thanks for the delightful video! It’s gotten me thinking about how to resolve that issue!
Great easy to understand video. So love this collaboration ❤️
Just took the quiz. Im a cricket and my butterfly mom is moving in with us this winter. 😂
I really enjoy watching your videos. You make my day brighter and inspire me! Thank you & god bless you and your family
Love this. Now if there was a way to stay organized during the holidays in a multi faith family, that would be a miracle. Keep shining bright.
Ariel! Last night I literally thought excitedly when going to RUclips, "Is Saturday yet?!?" Because I was so looking forward to watching your video~ thanks for brightening my day! 😃
Okay I'm so excited!! Cas is so helpful for me! not just for organization, but in the way she cleans :)
I seem to be a combination of a ladybug, a bee, and a butterfly. Especially a butterfly. I wish I had found you/ClutterBug years ago, lol. I could’ve figured out what to do about it.
Cas helped me finally tackle the paper monster. Love her … great video ❤
Oh. MY. GOSH! My husband collects MTG too and we have an ENTIRE closet dedicated to it. 😂
It’s good that you and your husband have macro in common. I’m a ladybug, and my husband is a bee/butterfly. He naturally organizes like a bee but has a hard time keeping up with his micro systems. He’s a stacker and a spreader, and a saver and collector. 🤦♀️ I’m a hider and a declutter-er. So there’s a lot of minimalist vs maximalist. I just compromise and figure there’s worse things in life. So, I put up with the skateboard decks (over 100 now) tools left everywhere, and tiny dragon ball-esque collectibles all over every surface of the computer/family room downstairs. I figure I can put up with all that because he takes care of yard work, car maintenance, plumbing, etc. We’ve got three teens, too, so I figure the house will never be ladybug perfect, or minimalist, but it’s mostly tidy, clean, and comfortable. I can live with that. 😁
I love how your “RUclips Corner” looks😊
That beautiful mtg cards pile... I'd say me and my partner have the same problem, but we are both crickets, so our collection is beautifully organised and kept out of sight.
Love Cas!
I love the honest analysis of how the organizing styles work in real life.
Cas is a gem! She’s so good at breaking things down so you can figure out your style, and she gives a lot of suggestions and explains the reasons behind them, so you know what to look for even if those specific suggestions don’t fit your situation. Hands-down, she’s the most helpful organizing guru I’ve found.
Yay! 2 of my favorite RUclipsrs in 1 video! So glad you had Cas on. Her system has really helped me.
Love Cas! I identify 100% with the open cabinets… lol
This was wonderful. You are a delight.
As a former Magic (that card game those cards are from) player, I was thinking those baskets would be too rough for the cards. And I noticed the paper that got added to line the baskets haha. Probably need a smooth basket for those. Then again I would also try to keep dust from landing on them.
Loved this thank you. 💕NonnaGrace 🐓
I loved this so much! I took the quiz and I’m a ladybug as well (but probably with some butterfly tendencies). My biggest struggle with organization is figuring out a system to use or knowing what kinds of organizing containers to buy to help me.
I love Cass! You have the best people on your channel!
I’m a ladybug. My mom and sisters are bees. They have always made fun of me for being “disorganized.” Come to find out, I just organize differently. It was so life giving to not feel judged anymore.
I got butterfly. I can't wait to see what my husband gets. Maybe it can help us stay organized together more. ❤
Wow! My surfaces are covered with my husband’s Magic cards too, lol.
6:50 😂😂😂😂😂 here! Fine! Take my comment!
To be fair, Cas said to empty them each day, not once a week. The overflow is to be expected.
Very entertaining as usual! She came up with some great solutions that seem to work. I wonder if adding incentives would get your husband to empty his card bin every week. He gets the idea. He sees the reason for it, but he doesn't think it is so important that he can't let it slide after a while. Maybe there is a way to show him that things that seem like they aren't that important really are important. How would he like it if you started the week off with great care for your appearance or the kids appearance, but got sloppier about it as the week went on? Would he care? Maybe he wouldn't but maybe he would. He might see where you are coming from. There must be a way to make the trip downstairs worth the effort OR maybe he wants the added expense of adding a room to the first floor so he can have his card collection on the first floor and save himself the walk up and down the stairs? In the grand scheme of things, you are blessed to have these for your crosses to bear, though.
Yea! Great video 🎉
I seriously love you 😆😂 this whole video makes me smile!
You and your husband are amazing! I Love it!
I would have thrown all that stuff away after he took away the bin😂. But that’s the difference between a 43 year old me & a 26 year old me 😂.
Better title: "How I got my husband to put away this stuff."
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That is the best stash of ice cream I have ever seen!!!! I love it!!! I'm So jealous, my six kids don't let a stash build up at our house.
I've taken the quiz multiple times, but I think I answer differently on some questions each time, because it *depends* on various factors, and I've gotten better over time (the more I declutter,) so I get a different bug each time. lol.
I soon as I saw the problem areas I knew someone in the house had to be visual. I'm a butterfly and my husband is a bee, so we have so many visual solutions. Practically all of my extended family are butterflies.
There's a 5th bug style that people talk about...cockroach...lol!
Loved this and honestly long before Cass I read a book that said look at where you are putting like items and make it a suitable home there instead of trying to give it a new place to live. So if mail ends up continually in the same place give it a bin with things that need to be filed, things that need dealt with like bills and another for things that you will consider but ultimately will be discarded like coupons or weekly ads.