Okay, my wife is convinced she has identified a 5th bug and I am uniquely one of a kind...she thinks I am a dung beetle because all I do is move crap around from one place to another :D Jim

@merrivideo

4 жыл бұрын

That sound like the definition of a butterfly *

@dianneknowles645

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@mandywinter6490

4 жыл бұрын

Lol this is so me lol i am the worst

@SnowySpiritRuby

4 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a cricket that hasn't figured out an organization system yet - my dad does that all the time, and it drives the rest of us crazy (he's a classic cricket).

@abigaildunne25

4 жыл бұрын

😂😂😂

That "stayed to the end story" is HYSTERICAL!!!

@trailertrish

4 жыл бұрын

Omg I can’t! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 it was SO FUNNY!!!

@Jaysie803

3 жыл бұрын

I'm glad this comment was at the top as the only one to read ... I wasn't going to take the time to stay this time but I'm sooo happy I did I was laughing so hard my husband thought I was crying

@gutygortega

3 жыл бұрын

I always stay till the end!!! Your stories always have me laughing!!! 🤣🤣🤣

@vanmac1609

3 жыл бұрын

Happy tears! That is hilarious 🤣 😆 😂

@tralyncrosby

3 жыл бұрын

Best one yet! 😁😆😅🤣😂🤣😅😆🤣🤣

My butterfly daughter will say to me,”Hey Ladybug! Stop hiding my stuff!”🤣🤣🤣

@lisadearing5960

4 жыл бұрын

Apparently I’ve hidden my kids stuff too! Not on purpose of course! Sometimes I just want everything put away and I don’t care (or remember) where I put it! 😂

@jeric0777

3 жыл бұрын

I'm a ladybug too and my husband will say, "where's my so-and-so?" Then he'll say, "let me guess. You 'organized' it, huh?" Finally today I asked him some questions to try to figure out his style. Don't know why I didn't do that sooner.

@jeric0777

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisadearing5960 I don't even remember where I put some of my own stuff. I just want it out of sight.

@lisadearing5960

3 жыл бұрын

jeri same with me! Then when I do find it, it’s like Christmas Day! 😂

@jeric0777

3 жыл бұрын

@@lisadearing5960 me too! Forgotten items become happy surprises. I guess for us, staying decluttered really is it's own reward, lol.

I Burst out laughing. No need to be Embarrassed. If they had kids, they totally understood. You made their day. Out of the mouth of Babes. 🥰🥰🥰 When my children were young, their Uncle passed away. I tried to explain that the body is buried but the part that talked to us, goes to heaven. We went to the Grave on Memorial Day to place flowers and my youngest says, "So Uncle Xxxx's head is in Heaven and we bury the rest?" I thought I scarred her for life.

@agathacrowley718

3 жыл бұрын

Lol!

@steviemichelle7271

2 жыл бұрын

I laughed way too hard at this!! 🤣😂😭🤣😂😭

@Larissa_aus

2 жыл бұрын

Ah! The logical child! 😁

@rockjockchick

Жыл бұрын

Omg!!!! Hahahahahakkdnnrleofn

Too funny! I am a mom with ADHD. Despite my best efforts, I still have a tendency to zone out and be forgetful. When my oldest was in Kindergarten, we kept forgetting to return her take home folder. She meant to tell the teacher that we forgot the folder because I was day dreaming but instead she told the teacher that we forgot it because I was day DRINKING. Luckily the teacher thought it was hilarious and couldn’t wait to tell me but it was still humiliating 🤣

@Aim4aCreativeLife

4 жыл бұрын

@Kelly Moore, that's so funny! I'm with you. I get SO distracted! On my channel I do a lot of decluttering videos because I get overwhelmed by all the clutter and can't focus!

@glendagetagripfull

4 жыл бұрын

👍🏾

@winterinbloom

3 жыл бұрын

@Kelly Moore - That is hilarious! Don't worry though my son said something just as bad to his teacher. I was taking all these herbs and supplements to help improve a chronic illness, and also going through a cleanse by drinking your weight in water faze. At least it seemed like that much water. My son told his teacher "Mommy drinks a lot and takes a lot of pills." Thanks God my husband was there to explain, because I completely froze from embarrassment.

@karenpontarelli4814

3 жыл бұрын

I sympathize with you. I would like to be a micro organizer out of sight tight but like you I cannot remember where things are so, I have to have things in plain sight. Which is messy I can’t even put them in big bins because I wouldn’t remember what is in the bin. My solution only works some of the time is class stored cabinets and tags on the containers. Of course they have to be nice containers that match and that’s always a struggle too. Let me know if you come up with some of their methods. Also let me know if you know of any ADHD groups I could join. Thanks and good luck be well, Karen

@janethjackson2838

3 жыл бұрын

@@karenpontarelli4814 I'm wracking my brain thinking I had to have written this but used your name! Exactly! :)

When my daughter was 6 our neighbor became pregnant and that's when my daughter decided she wanted to know where babies come from. The year before she'd asked and when I started to tell her she stopped me and decided she didn't want to know. But now she did because she was afraid she would get pregnant. I couldn't convince her that at 6 she didn't need to worry about it. So I start to tell her and she wanted more detail. I would give her more and ask if she wanted me to continue. She would narrow her eyes and sigh and say "Yes. Tell me." She ended up hearing the whole story. When I finished she just stared at me and narrowed her eyes. I said "Are you OK? Do you have any questions?" She said "Yeah. I'm ok. But Mommy?" I said "Yes baby. What is it?" She said " Adults are VERY WEIRD." 😂😂😂 I said "Yes they are."

@SarahLizDoan

3 жыл бұрын

Rotlf.....adults are very weird! Lol! Great way to tell her, too!!!

@rockjockchick

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

This is Amazing. My whole life I’ve felt like a failure cause I just can’t organize like other people. The products just don’t usually work. Now I know it’s more about how I think . Thank you I can finally learn how to organize in a healthy way.

Your organizing “bug” styles revolutionized my home. (I’ve been following you for quite a while now). My home went from chaos to neat and lovely and functional. Thank you so much!

That is freakin hysterical. lol Kids just say the craziest things. lol

That story at the end was hilarious!!! 😂🤣

When i was about 4 or 5 I told the lady cutting my hair "This woman isn't my real mother. My mother died on a boat". The hairdresser took mum aside and was like "i know this is your daughter cause i have cut your hair for 10 years and I held her at 1 month old, but you should maybe figure out why she said that!" Turns out my Gran was telling me stories about *her* mother dying on a boat from South Africa when she was about 10. I got a bit muddled!

@caroc4327

3 жыл бұрын

That's crazy! lol

@rockjockchick

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahahaha

We adopted all of our kids (4), so the explanation of the birds and bees ends up having to include how it doesn't always work. Well, we included how we worked really hard to make it work, but it just didn't. Years later we were talking about some work I was doing for my job, and how hard mommy was working lately, and of course one of the kids extrapolated that we must want to have another baby....

@SarahLizDoan

3 жыл бұрын

Lol

@rockjockchick

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahaha

@sharonmatheka4164

Жыл бұрын

🤣🤣🤣 kids are so adorable

This lady is adorable!!! Love love love her. Joke at the end was precious!!! She feels like a friend to me. So encouraged by her!❤

Thank you for the in-depth explanation! I had taken the quizzes before, but was always confused - if I like hidden organizing, why are there (organized) piles of things out? Aha, so I *am* a cricket. I love macro organizing, because it's quicker and easier to maintain, but some things just. need. to. be. sorted. ("No, you canNOT put crayons and markers in the same bin!!!") This also makes me realize that my daughter is very visual (maybe a butterfly, or maybe just a typical nine-year-old!), and I need to adjust my organizational plans and methods for her space to reflect that.

@rockjockchick

Жыл бұрын

In another video she says kids are almost always butterflies.

I just learned about this system today, and my mind is already blown. I’ve been trying and failing to organize like a cricket my entire life- because that’s the way my parents did it. But my husband and I are both total butterflies!! Our constant mess makes so much sense now. I can’t wait to start adapting our home so we can thrive as the butterflies we are!

Oh god… I’m a butterfly. This explains so much!! And those pictures.. yeah, those are pretty accurate. 😳 I wish that I had watched this video 10 years ago. Over time I finally started realizing that I needed macro organizing systems (after spending a LOT of time trying to do micro systems, thinking that was the “right” way). Also, love the story at the end! Life is always interesting with kids!

Bahahhaaha 'while you were sleeping'!!! I also have 2 little girls who....and a surprise. Shocking. Totally unexpected. Unplanned. Wild. World turning upside down. At the most inconvenient/most challenging time imaginable. Little boy. Who has rocked my world. He's 3 and im still trying to figure out any semblance of a 'new normal' way of life. Which is one of the reasons i turn to you the most because your stories...such as the schoolbus traffic story and this bathroom show stopper...are totally. Exactly. Relatable to me. 😆 i just love ya....and if anyone 'gets' IT, i definitely do! You're awesome and an inspiration to all! Much love XoXoX

I think im a ladybug. Realize that during this quaratine. It's crazy how confident I feel having an organize home. I have made 5 trips to goodwill. I Like to think of it as pounds of weights I have gotten rid of. My home feels so much lighter. All I have left is 5 photo boxes that are neatly put away for now. New subscriber!

@sarahbanda155

4 жыл бұрын

Is goodwill open/accepting donations during COVID stay at home orders? We got shut down again 😷 everyone wants to go out and spread it so anything indoors is off limits in southern CA

@nyahmanismommy

4 жыл бұрын

@@sarahbanda155 in my state it is. You literally drop everything in a outdoor box & grab a receipt. (No contact).

@marshacabbage5514

2 жыл бұрын

@@sarahbanda155 i8

Your videos are so helpful. I'm a cricket. This video 100% just helped me realize my daughter who is 9 is a butterfly. I keep losing my mind with her messes. My partner is a cricket. My son is a bee. But because my daughter is a butterfly it is driving us all insane. Now I get it. I get why she is the way she is. This will help me find a way to help her organize her way. Thank you sooooooo much!

I had apparently started this video 3 years ago but just came across it again and finished the video, OMG that is one of the funniest stories! I'm glad I finally stayed til the end!! LOL

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!! I thought there was something wrong with me 🤷🏽 Turns out, I organize DIFFERENTLY for every room in our home. In our living room, school room and dining room, is definitely organized for a BUTTERFLY. In the kitchen, it's for a LADYBUG. However, my own personal items are organized for my CRICKET and BEE combo. Finally figured it out!!! 💛

I’m a butterfly like 70% of the time and a bee 30% of the time. I noticed paperwork and hobbies (so my office) is my bee domain. Everywhere else I’m 100% a butterfly. My partner is 100% a ladybug. Once I figured this all I spent 5 days decluttering and reorganizing the kitchen. It’s visual to a point, it’s super macro and I compromised and got a pantry (technically an ikea wardrobe) and got a bunch put away in the there. It’s so functional for both of us now! After spending 3 years hating the apartment layout we’re finding harmony one room at a time!!

@citimutts3288

4 жыл бұрын

I love this story! Thanks for sharing.

@rockjockchick

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Also, thanks for the ikea cabinet idea.

I love your energy and your unique insect themed organizer names. I'm a bee. My husband is a slug. He once hung a delicates bag on the clothesline to dry, with the wet delicate clothing still inside the bag. After he brushes his teeth, there's toothpaste on the wall. Last week, I found his car keys in a pot plant. Get the idea? To help him, I will study Butterfly techniques. They seem the most user friendly.

@maddythelion

4 ай бұрын

Maybe he's not a slug but a caterpillar, yet to change into a butterfly?!

Oh my word! Out of the mouths of babes! You have to wait to the end of this one! Thank you for sharing this warming story!

I'm so glad I found your channel, I feel like you get me! I'm a bee who has been struggling for years to find just the right storage solutions. Meanwhile, my ladybug husband rented a storage unit and moved my piles there until I can get a system worked out (how is that for macro organizing! LOL). I was really upset about it until I watched your videos, now I understand. Thanks!

@Sunny-jy1eq

2 жыл бұрын

Cool story - that's real life...😉

I am definitely a butterfly but with very strong bee tendencies. Sometimes it was hard to choose between answer #1 and answer #4. I haven't stopped laughing yet about the baby story!

Oh my goodness! That is hilarious!! As far as organizing types, I am definitely a bee. My husband is a ladybug. It drives me crazy when he "helps clean" because he just throws everything anywhere and everywhere to get it out of sight. The cluttered countertop drives him nuts. I usually end up with a mess everywhere because I never have time to put it away properly (I have 3 kids, 5yr, 3yr, and 2yr) , so I leave it out. But even when its a mess, I know where everything is. Changing to a more Macro organizing has helped tremendously. Its much easier for my kids to help pick up. When I clean their toys, I organize EVERYTHING like all the way down to separating the play food into categories. Hahaha Its pointless because 5 min later its all destroyed. Changing to more of a Macro style has also helped because it is a lot faster.

Hey there, I just found your channel through minimal mom. I was listening and watching this video today and was very inspiring. I've been decluttering and organizing my home now for a year (trial and error on organizing). As I was watch this today, I began to realize that I'm a person who likes to "hide" certain things while I like pretty things showing. My husband is a visual person and needs to see his stuff. So far I have decluttered my closet and drawers in my room. The living room is improved too. Today I just worked on my laundry room. We plan to pain in there but I was feeling a bit overwhelmed with the laundry room. So today after watch this video I completely took everything out KonMarie style, cleaned and organized it. It feels so good to finally get my home organized, clean and tidy!!!

Definitely a mixed bug. I like simple, macro, visual because I will forget, yet, I really don't want to look at the stuff. I like clean surfaces. So, basically I am continously decluttering. Less stuff to forget about!😂👍

@Toontricia

4 жыл бұрын

That is so me. I don’t want to look at my stuff, but need to so I won’t forget where I put things. Plus not a decorator or organizer at all so I am constantly decluttering. Takes months to purchase anything because it might not look right or fit in the space. I am a perfectionist too which makes it hard to purchase stuff also just in case it’s not perfect.

@lalahdz9553

4 жыл бұрын

Omg your my long lost friend! I want everything hidden but will leave a project out. I love my minimal kitchen. Less things out means less stress. Like easy to wipe up clean. Everything needs a home because I will forget where I put my stuff. So going minimal has helped me so much! My purse is organized and minimal because I'll low key panic if I cant find my keys and running late or have a to go makeup bag to get ready on the way. Decluttering has helped my insanity and my inner cheapness not to keep buying! I want a basic minimal way I dont have to buy tons of organizational systems I have to keep up with too. All my clothes are hanged up, bras on a hook in my closet, no shoe rack but lined up neatly under my clothes. Everything had to be at a glance. My socks, underwear are thrown in, unorganized or folded, their own dresser drawer. If I need it I know straight where to go to.

@Toontricia

4 жыл бұрын

lala hdz I so panic over not finding my keys. I have one zipper pocket that my keys go in. If I happen to drop in my purse or lay on the countertop, I will go wig out trying to find them. Almost like bouncing off the walls freak out. 😂

@lalahdz9553

4 жыл бұрын

@@Toontricia yes!!!🙆‍♀️

@micheletopolosek8408

3 жыл бұрын

@@lalahdz9553 yep! Same. I have a bin with just underwear and one for just socks. Toss and go.

This just hit so real. The crickets, ladybug, and butterfly in my house all really resonated with our different bugs. We are learning to organize our own areas to suit our natural bent while learning to macro the public spaces. Really helpful. Thanks!

I stumbled upon your Web page, and I'm so glad I did! I'm a butterfly, who always just assumed she was lazy and messy. The few ideas I've learned from you, so far, have really really opened up a lot for me. Our apartment is small and only getting smaller. Our living room is the family room, dining room, music room, art room (painting, mosaic, paper machè, library, study room, playroom and gaming room. And yes, it's chaos! I'm slowly figuring out how to organise so the chaos and mess looks bohemian and artistic instead of just insane and gross.

Your story at the end had me howling! I had to rewind that part like three times I couldn't stop laughing! Honestly your comic timing is genius! If you weren't so damn good at organizing all of us I would beg you to do stand-up!

@Sunny-jy1eq

2 жыл бұрын

Well, that might be a new niche: Organizational Stand Up or Stand Up Decluttering...? 🤣 Humour is the best motivator anyway... 😉

Paints a picture for that movie, "While You Were Sleeping!" I just want to THANK YOU for your organization system. You have changed my life; seriously. I am in the process of unpacking from a move and just your bins with no lids has made everything SO much easier. I also think about making something easier to put away than leave out. The systems I am setting up are actually staying maintained. It's a Butterfly Miracle! I would LOVE to see you do something specifically for those with ADHD and how that affects their organization style. 😘

@SnowySpiritRuby

4 жыл бұрын

I personally find that making things easy to find is key for dealing with my ADHD - I'm more likely to get frustrated if it takes a long time to find something than if it takes a long time to put it away. But that's just me - I'm 1/2 cricket 1/2 ladybug - and I can imagine that macro categories are easier for some, for the ease of putting away part. Honestly, I think it really depends on the individual person - I'm pretty sure my dad has ADHD, and he's a classic cricket, but other people I know with ADHD are ladybugs and butterflies. For me, I find that once I've got my organization system set up, it's just as easy to put things away in a detailed system as it is in a macro system - usually all I have to do is open a drawer (or my accordion file) and put the thing in the right slot/spot.

@andrealister3970

3 жыл бұрын

@@SnowySpiritRuby I agree. Rather than think of it as micro / macro, I think of it as "easy to find" vs "easy to put away." And the difference really is where you'd rather spend your time: at the front end or back end. Will you take a few seconds to put something in a specific place so you don't have to look for it later? Then you're an "Easy to find" type person. Do you just want to toss something back in and spend a few seconds looking in a general area when you need it again? You're an "easy to put away" type.

@SnowySpiritRuby

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrealister3970 Exactly!

@nodoboho

3 жыл бұрын

@@andrealister3970 I *really* like that alternative description! Great way of thinking about it. Thank you.

I always enjoy your videos and your “stated ‘TIL the end” but OMG that was priceless! Never a dull moment in your family, is there? Keep up the great work! I wanted to say, again, CONGRATS, on your HGTV show! I lived it and I really hope it continues to air long term.. beating the Prop Bros in ratings for your first episode is a great indicator that you are loved! It couldn’t have happened to a more deserving person! Love ya... btw I’m a bee/cricket.. oddly I only like things out in certain rooms 🤔

@moonbunny1chuk964

4 жыл бұрын

OMGoodness! I didn't know about the show! Cass is the only thing that can get me awake and motivated on trying days when I. Just. Can't. 😩 I would love to know what motivates the motivator because I want that brightness inside me as much as possible!!! To the DVR to set up recordings!!

@salamarinita

3 жыл бұрын

OMG she beat the Property Brothers!! I didn't know that! Wow she's so funny and inspirational! I hope they make more episodes!

1:30 Bee (Visual, Micro) 2:25 Ladybug (Hidden, Macro) 3:20 Cricket (Hidden, Micro) 4:35 Butterfly (Visual, Macro) 6:05 Can I be more than one bug? 7:07 How can I combine multiple styles? 8:20 Exactly how do I organize my space? 9:30 Storytime

The bathroom story just made me laugh really loud, loud enough for our oldest, 12 yes, to ask if I was okay!! I've just recently found your channel and I'm loving EVERY video!! Thank you for being incredibly transparent!!

Omg that is the funniest thing ever! I love your ' stay til the ends' 😂😂😂

😂 I’m actually crying with laughter. My youngest has autism and says the most inappropriate things at the worst times. You’ve got to just laugh it off. ☺️Thank you Cass, you’ve made my day. 💖

I love these. When my children watched Wall-E, I noticed he was moving little junk piles and never getting anywhere. I really identified with that. My sister, a butterfly, came to help me organise and she told me to stop “micro-organising.” I cannot see big pictures and I like everything hidden away. I am definitely a cricket. 😂 My sister really helped by making me get Billy bookshelves and baskets, which I never would have thought of doing because I could only micro-organise.

The end story was the BEST. Kids say the darnest things. My daughter at about 4 was in a public bathroom with me and says something I couldn’t understand and then says REALLY CLEARLY “where are the doggy potties? You know, the one where daddy stands up and pretends he’s a dog?” Well, when the bathroom went silent, I just said “oh, I don’t know.” And hurried out of there. If I had reacted in ANY way, she was the type of child to keep repeating something. Absolutely hilarious! Anyway, great video!

😂😂😂😂 in Germany we say: Kids and drunk peoples say allways the truth... how she put this together is soooooo holarious 😂😂😂😂! Dear Cas, Greetings from Germany. We are almost butterflys with one criket... and He is the one which has the one and only way to organize... I showed him your videos... 😂 Thanks for help. Now I know we are butterflys with a little hoarder tendency. But we still work on it.

@uleexxx

4 жыл бұрын

In Greece, we say "From a child or a crazy person, you learn the truth"

@uschigrumann3664

4 жыл бұрын

@@uleexxx "The Person which say the truth needs a quick horse..." I thank you for your answer. Greetings from Germany to greece. I love your country. 😍😍😍😎 and the food... 😆

@henriettelinkshanderin1449

4 жыл бұрын

Do you mean: "Kindermund tut Wahrheit kund" und "Im Wein liegt die Wahrheit"? Or is there another german saying with both kids and drunk people?

@uschigrumann3664

4 жыл бұрын

@@henriettelinkshanderin1449 In Baden gibt es das Sprichwort: Kinder und Betrunkene sagen die Wahrheit (Kiner un Bsoffene soche d'worehit...) 😊

ROFL!!! Kids..OMG. I was a surprise baby (my Mom was in her 40's) and the saying in the family was my Father "poked in fun but Mom took him serious"' As a kid I never had any idea what it meant but I sure learned to parrot it at the most unfortunate times..cringe. We all have those moments. Thanks for all your organizing help/tips. Love your show and I hope there are a million more episodes. The transformations are so inspiring. I could never figure out if I was a ladybug or a cricket so good to know that you can have tendencies of each.

Cas, your stories crack me up. Great video and explanation of the bugs. Thank you.

I tend towards bee and butterfly, my Mother in law tends to be dominantly a ladybug and when she cleans up my house when she stays with us I spend forever finding my stuff.

Thank you for the pinterest boards! Love your new show. I have an alarm set to watch it every week.

@Clutterbug

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! I'm hoping we get more episodes soon. I'll keep you posted.

@sandybrown8698

4 жыл бұрын

I agree!!

I really appreciate your thoughts on organizing and the many ways to approach it. So many people are jumping on the "Minimalism" journey. I think it is great as an end result, but decluttering is key to success of living intentional. There is no perfect way but to begin. Loving the show and all the inspiration.

I love your magical honesty and acceptance and that youre an incredible normal person going throuvh stuff just like the rest of us. These videos always help me put life into perspective to appreciate how blessed I am, and know that if I can clean up and get uncluttered just a little it'll be alright

I’ve watched this video about three times and every time I wait for the story at the end lol that always brings me joy! Thanks Cass for sharing your crazy stories I’m glad I’m not the only one that has them.

Ladybug for me for my house, but crafting I need to be a Butterfly!!!

Yes that was absolutely 💯 the best "stay till the end" story!!! How have I not heard this one yet?!?! 😂🤣 oh and thank you for having this video to share more on similarities and differences of organizing, we have a family of 5 and let me tell you the struggles are constant! Going to make the hubby watch this till he understands! 😉🤞🙏🤞🙏🤞🙏

That's amazing how you discovered the different styles of organization.

Love her! That story at the end is hysterical and priceless!!❤️

I’ve been really enjoying your videos and learning about the bugs! I would love to see some videos on the different bugs living together and how to bring styles together in a home. I’ve seen you touch on these ideas in other vids but would love to watch some dedicated videos about how to combine the styles together. I’m a ladybug and my husband is a bee ;)

I have tears coming out of my eyes, me cricket, he bee. The toaster fight 🤣🤣. Then ladybug cousin comes for her monthly visit and we find stuff shoved everywhere. 🤣🤣🤣

@annamida685

4 жыл бұрын

Oh dear.😂😂😂😂😂

I'm a ladybug/cricket with a butterfly husband, and his habit of leaving things out drives me nuts at times. But he is starting to see that things put away or decluttered makes for easier living, and I just helped him put together a workshop in the garage with all his tools on open shelves and pegboards... which was only possible because he let me clear out large piles of stuff we didn't need. We make progress!

I'm a ladybug, and finding that out has helped me so much this last year. I have gotten rid of so many micro organizing systems and switch to bins and trays at home and in my classroom. It's been amazing!! I am so organized, but I have been trying to micro-organize when I apparently have been a macro-organizer all along... 🙂

I feel like a bee in some places, a cricket in others with a hint of everything else. So much of my stuff is homeless because I can't get myself together enough to buy the much needed furniture to replace what I've had to get rid of. 😭

I'm totally a Butterfly, my son is a butterfly and my hubby is a bee. Lol He can stand some micro organization & he's always saying "just put it away when you're done".. he lives with us where it's all out all the time 🤣😳🦋🐝 Going to go find that Pinterest board!

Oh my GOODNESS! That last story! My hubby has just started a new job, it's Saturday afternoon after his first week and he is snoozing on the couch near me. It's so hard to LOSE IT LAUGHING QUIETLY! I'M SQUEAKING HERE! Cant Breathe!

Thank you so much for this! You have helped me better understand myself and my boyfriend. Knowing and understanding he is a butterfly is going to help end a lot of fights and allow me to put systems in place that aren't setting him up for failure.

Recently found your YT channel and HGTV show and I’m so obsessed! I’m 8 months pregnant and in full on nesting mode. 🤰🏼 My husband kids around that I’ve been nesting since birth 😂 So happy to watch your videos at this time when I’m tackling my home 🤩 I’m a mix between a cricket and a bee for sure 🦗🐝

That story is hilarious 😂. I could feel the embarrassment. I'm going straight to Pinterest now, this butterfly needs all the help she can get! Thanks for sharing.

@citimutts3288

4 жыл бұрын

Amen sister! From a fellow butterfly 🦋

You totally get it!

That is the cutest story. Kids are great at filling in the blanks in their little minds. Yes embarrassing sometimes, but you will for sure remember that always..you are so blessed. Thank you for sharing. Thank you for the tips on organizing. I'm so so trying to declutter room by room first so it will help to look at your boards and figure it out.

it is interesting I love decorating my house so it is a visual enjoyment for me and visitors decorations are put in artistic ways.Books and videos are arranged alphabetically. My kitchen is pretty but not over filled there is a place for everything on countertops and everything in the cupboard are organised. My rooms are each decorated differently so in some ways I feel I am every bug as if you look inside my cupboards they are really organised I really enjoy being organised and creative creating a calm and welcoming environment.

Hello. This is a great video!! I also like that you have free resources. Your storytelling is awesome!! Thanks for sharing and have a great day😊

This video was amazing and I enrolled in the free course immediately after you finished your story. I love how transparent and honest you are about your life and organizing. Thank you as always for taking the time to share your content and inspiration. God Bless. :)

....I'm an artist, so that and if I don't see it, I forget I have it. For me putting like things together works really well like: all cleaning supplies in one cabinet..... all linens, towels, sheets etc. All my dehydrated foods used daily in kitchen, labeled ball jars I re-fill from pantry. I'm 74 and purging everything that's not my lifestyle NOW.......and it works:)

I'm laughing so hard at that story. This reminds me so much of my daughter.

That is the BEST story EVER!!! I’m dying laughing while my husband is trying to sleep and it is almost 2am 🤣🤣🤣 the video itself was also super helpful so thanks!! I love your videos and story times!!!

On goodness I can’t believe I’m hearing this It’s incredible you got this and was able to put it into such adorable categories. I look around me right now and think this woman is spot on.

This video changed my organization instantly and explained so much! I am a typical butterfly with a husband who i think is a butterfly, with more bee tendencies than me. Mind is blown right now. Thank you so much for this video. Congratulations on the weight loss! Keep it up, and hope you are doing good with the recovery which is a lifetime process with that surgery.

I love your new HGTV show! I hope you show a family who is a Butterfly. I have taken the quiz like 3 times to be sure and I get 🦋 every time! 🤪 Hilarious story from Abby! 😆

Hi. Thank you so much for answering my questions. And I love your back stories. Right now I am dealing with my 4 children asking me to have a baby and two oldest kids want twins. Lol. Your story sounds awesome. Love it!!!

I'm part ladybug, part butterfly. I like having baskets to stuff things I don't use frequently, but the things I use multiple times a day, I like to have out where I can see it. Also, I live in a very small apartment, so I can't decorate without it overwhelming the space. I have started to just look for pretty versions of the items I keep out, so they are the decorations themselves. I've adopted a cozy french cottage style because it lends it's self to multifunctional elegance.

Wow! Best clutterbug explanation! Wondered if we'd ever get an updated video on this again! Tnx I needed that!

The cricket in me thinks it may be easier to live alone forever, since unless I find another cricket, I’ll be compromising for someone....

@rachelburgener819

4 жыл бұрын

😳🤔😝😝❤️😀

@azwife35

4 жыл бұрын

Alexandra what’s the fun in that? I’m a cricket and have been happily married for 43 years to a bee. Yeah, we don’t agree on storing stuff but the rest works! So take a chance. 😊

@Joy-zp5lv

4 жыл бұрын

Oh yes, that´s me. ^^ sadly ..

@alexandra109

4 жыл бұрын

azwife35 Congrats on your marriage. But I hope you don’t mean you have to be in relationship to be happy? I’m a very happy single lady! My statement was a bit of levity. I was married for 18 years and was happy. I’m just happier now single and living alone (with my dogs).

@kristennd12

4 жыл бұрын

That’s funny, I’m a cricket and I had the same thought cross my mind when she said that compromising would mean defaulting to the opposite of what my tendencies are.

I need some stuff that I used and need and look pretty out, but if I put everything in bins I will forget about them, but I also hate if it's clear bins and too meticulous and labeled cuz I just think it looks a bit tacky and busy lol... so I lean towards Ladybug and Bee.

Obsessed with your honesty ❤ you're so funny and kind, thank you for your helpful resources

Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!

Laughing so hard I can’t breathe! 😂🤣😂🤣 Kids are so funny. Btw, LOVED it when you said the butterfly always wins. I’ll tell my husband you said that. 😁

I'm very visual in that out of sight is out of mind so I need to see everyday stuff but I cannot function in clutter. Clean surfaces make me calm and bookcases stress me out. It's a hard balance to keep. I have to limit the amout of stuff I own so that I can keep the balance. I also have lots of built in storage so that things are visual but behind doors.

This makes so much sense! I’m a cricket, and my husband a butterfly. This helped me understand why we struggle to keep the house straight. I’m hopeful to try a few strategies to meet both our needs.

I'm a bee 🐝 living with a house of butterflies 🦋! I don't always want to see EVERYTHING, but with my family, I'm seeing all the clutter, all the time. My micro bins end up stuffed with every kind of junk. If there is a clear surface or space, they fill it. My nickname for my husband is 'ferret'. I've resisted getting my trusty label maker out in an effort to not seem so nit picky, to try and reform myself into a more forgiving person, but if they need ques on certain things, maybe that's OK. Maybe we're all good people after all. Lol I'm glad you gave the guidance to be gracious toward the different styles. This will help me forgive (myself and them), so I can let go of the 'laziness' & 'failure' blame game, and move on toward success.

🤣 LMAO 😂 omg such a funny story! Here I am trying to telework listening to your vlog laughing by my lonesome ;-) Keep up the good work!

That story is hilarious!!! I’m 3 days away from my surprise baby being born. LOL.

@user-ct2ch5zb6p

3 жыл бұрын

How are you and the baby? Congrats

This is one of the most helpful series. It helped me out of my depression and inspired me to be excited to create the living space of my dreams.

Glad I stayed until the end. I call it a kid's imagination taking off to another level. It's adding on to my family's life. Happy to have another little human being that would bring love onto the home. Your explanation is simple enough that took her imagination to say what she said. That is ok. Embarrassing moment, not a chance. As a mommy, you didn't keep it quiet. I am very proud of you. You are awesome. Thank you for sharing!

I’m a cricket with 3 butterflies in my home 😭

I’m just going to say this, I am a butterfly according to the bug organizing styles. For years I have had piles of mail all around the boarder of my bedroom (mostly in the bedroom). Now that we are in the tech age I have an email and it has ...get ready... literally as of to day over 10,000 pieces of email! 😱 And I am not a business or corporation... just an individual 😢! This 10,000 is because I literally one day sat down at my laptop and went through and deleted hundreds of junk emails! I live with my sister who is a the total opposite of what I am and I know I drive her to 😭. My kids say I am a hoarder and I say no I am a pack rat! Really...OMG! My bedroom is not a peaceful place at all! I have had moments where I just burst into tears because I really do not want it this way but I cannot seem to change it. I have been following clutterbug for sometime now and when I first saw you I fell in love with your personality and the way you so kindly talk about clutterbug styles. I ran out and bought lots of dollar tree storage bins and now ... guess what... I have clutter bins all around the boarder of my room, on my dresser, on my nightstand and I am feeling like now how did the bins now become clutter?? 😭 Please pray for me that I get help and figure out what to do now. Cass I watched you show on TV and loved it... I guess I should have been on there. Ok I will digress...P.S. I also am a major procrastinator... IMAGINE THAT! Ugh 😫

@kickitlikekirra

3 жыл бұрын

As a perma-piler myself, I tell you: The way out begins with getting rid of stuff. A LOT of it. And then some more. It's rarely a short journey, but it's certainly a worthehile one. You will learn so much about yourself along the way! You've got this! Don't give up!

@HeronCoyote1234

3 жыл бұрын

Cass has also partnered with Dana K White. You might benefit from her videos, books, etc.

@somebodyawesome7296

3 жыл бұрын

Your story sounds a lot like mine! I think we might both be butterflies. I don't know which style of organization you tried but maybe try the butterfly way. Also, like Kirra said you might have too much stuff too! Best of luck to you, I really hope it gets better bc I know first hand exactly what you mean by how emotionally harmful it can be to be surrounded by mess.

@kmcq692

2 жыл бұрын

I wish I was wealthy and had a big house and could pay for people to help. Maybe I’m reincarnated from being someone like that. Then again, it is also very familiar to clean and organize for someone else! Anyone but myself!!! (So maybe I used to be someone’s chambermaid.) Anyway. Wish I could curate the museum of my life instead of shredding and throwing it all away. Pretty sure I have also gratefully accepted a lot of things from other people which sort of felt like considerate gifts at the time, but, come to think of it, may have really been the result of their decluttering process. Still, I feel obligated to make use of them. Or recycle them. Or something. What’s up with all that???!!

@justinebuschman3819

2 жыл бұрын

I recently cleaned out my gmail account after getting the storage alert and deleted 48,000 emails so...it sounds like you're ahead!

Omg I’m crying with how funny the story is at the end LOL!!!!

Priceless!

I loved this in depth description. I actually showed it to my teens and it was a light bulb moment for them. Random question- in your thumbnail..the sweater with the cool neckline, where did you get that it is super cute!

Thank you for this!!! I love all your info!! Omg that was hilarious 🤣🤣🤣 I also ended up having a third baby and felt like you 😂 he wasn’t planned. My boys were 15 and 8! 😅 my baby’s birthday is tomorrow and he will be 6! ❤️

just watched this again...laughing again of course. But really looked at the ending pic of u and your fam. Your husband has such kindness that shows in his eyes. He must be an incredible person. Luv your channel.

I want to thank you and the Minimal Mom. Watching older KZread videos I purged my kitchen cupboards today. I’ve done this in the past but not to the extent I did today. We put new countertops in and the only thing I have sitting on it then is my Kitchen Aid stand mixer. And a piece of Temptation with some kitchen tools. I’m rethinking that. But everything in my kitchen has a place. It’s a wonderful feeling. Next is to set up a message center. Thanks again for your energy and suggestions

My grandma is a ladybug and I'm a butterfly it's so wild because she hides and forgets things and accidentally re buys. My grandpa doesn't know where his underclothes are kept lol so wild

LOL say no more-I’m a bee! Why do I never finish projects? Bc they have to be perfect and I have to research every product I’d like to use 😂 this is currently me working on organizing my husband’s messy bookshelf Edit: maybe I’m a cricket 😂 also, my husband is definitely a butterfly ☠️

I just wanted to say THANK YOU! I haven't clicked on anything as of yet, but tears came to my eyes as you named all of these resources that could help me better understand my organizational style and you said they were free! I've done this clutter battle for what must be decades now. I've tried again and again to get it under control, but it always seems to go back to tornado bomb status. Add in a roommate with clutter issues too and I just gave up. She has moved into her own home now and I'm super happy for her. I mistakenly thought it would be easier to get my things organized now, but it hasn't. The overwhelm has continued. So, just hearing that most systems are cricket systems and don't work for everyone was soooo encouraging and even more so as I'm not sure, but I think I may indeed be a butterfly. Thanks for giving me hope that I can really do this as by getting to know more about me! What a concept! I am most grateful to you! God bless you immensely and intensely!!!

With all the stuff people have I’m shocked you don’t have a few million subscribers! You are one of the best organizers I’ve ever watched!