You drive me crazy when you say to default to the Visual organizer. I’m a lady bug, with health issues and clutter actually hurts my health so no we can’t default to my husbands visual organizing if I want to function. Please stop telling people this, your hurting people. The default needs to depend on everyone in the household and what they can tolerate. There are so many ways to compromise without defaulting to one style.
She isn't hurting people just because what she says doesn't suit you. This isn't about you personally. Walking or running daily is an excellent exercise, and it's understood it applies to those who can walk, not being imposed on those with a broken leg.
The ClutterBug system literally changed my life. I don’t use that term lightly. Life changing. I stopped wasting money on organizational stuff that didn’t work for me and came to terms with being a visual organizer. I’m 100% an “if I can’t se it, it doesn’t exist” person and Cas taught me there’s nothing wrong with that as long as I organize accordingly!
This video is so helpful. Thank you. I am a butterfly and my mom and sister are definitely not. I have been called a slob my whole life and felt like a failure at keeping my home. Now i know. I am a butterfly. I am working with a professional organizer. Guess what? She is helping me set up visual systems. Now why what she helped me with works when nothing else did makes so much sense. I love your videos. Your honesty and kindness are wonderful. And speech pathologists are absolute heroes. I went to a speech pathologist for 6 years as a child. Ms. Symmes (RIP) did so much more than help me conquer a lot of impediments. She gave me the start of self confidence. Today I am a lawyer and public speaker.
As a a healthcare worker I can tell you, when people are in situation were their clothes needs to be cut off them, we do not pay attention on stains, holes or how good you look in your clothes. If we had done so instead of consentrating in doing first aid, you'd end up dead. There.
There's no way I'd be embarrassed by the quality of my clothing during an emergency. Even speaking of a planned medical appointment: it's polite to make sure you're clean and don't stink (if it isn't part of the problem the doctor needs to know about), but it's not a contest for the best fitting underware or whatever.
That’s good to know, I’m sure in a situation that required clothing to be cut off people get all sorts of fluids and stains on their undies and they’re not going to be clean or nice looking anyway! But I do agree with Cass’s overall sentiment about wearing nice underclothes for your own self, if you have the means to.
I was going to post something similar. My husband is a paramedic, and if he ever has to cut clothes off, he couldn't care less what your underwear looks like!!
I have been a Clutterbug fan for years. I am a Cricket married to a Bee...the struggle is real! Thanks for introducing more folks to Cas. She, along with The Minimal Mom and Diane in Denmark, has helped me on my journey to minimalism.
Same here with having toes that rub holes in the tops of my shoes! Best preventative measure for me has been to put a square of good quality duct tape on the inside of my new (or old) shoes where my toes would rub. Eventually the tape will need to be replaced, but that's cheaper and easier than replacing the shoes!
I did the quiz. I'm a bee now but downsizing to essentials & favourite simpler projects. Weaving is great as yoy can declutter onto the garden & is fully compostable.
I’m a Butterfly. I have ADHD, & quickly forget I own something if I can’t see it. That said, I HATE visual clutter, so even though I like my stuff out where I can see it, most of it has a place that it goes back to the moment I no longer need it, & having an automatic place for everything is a big help for my working-memory issues. Part of the reason decluttering appeals to me is that I don’t want to have to keep as much stuff out in the open (or forget I own it if I do need to put things in a closet or drawer). Also, I agree with Cass that hooks for the back of a door are a GREAT place to hang clothes that are in an “in-between” stage!
It took me YEARS to figure out my category! I found focusing on the spectrums she talked about instead of the categories themselves to be helpful: Macro vs Micro and Visual vs Hidden. Also, in a video somewhere on her channel she mentioned looking in your house at the areas that are working for you already for a clue. With that tip, I suddenly realized how VISUAL I am (open shelves, hooks, even my yoga mat hangs on the wall), and how I like to have things in particular order much of the time (so some micro tendencies, like folding my underwear and decanting my pantry goods into ball jars). However, hooks are my best friend, and lids are my nemesis. Things should be easy to get out and put away one handed, but it should also be pretty and orderly where possible LOL. For a while I had thought I was a hidden type of person because I don’t like lots of things around, and yet I WANT TO SEE ALL MY STUFF. My solution to that issue is minimalism (which explains why I’ve tended towards minimalism for much of my life naturally). I think there needs to be an additional spectrum in her program that is Simplicity vs Abundance, because I’ve personally experienced it to be a fully separate issue.
To be fair Cas says, even for visual organisers, if everything is visual, nothing is visual. That means if there is too much stuff out there it just feels like a mess. That’s why she always says to declutter first. Also we could be influenced by our upbringing and what we want to be like. Most of us were brought up to think that to be tidy, things need to be put away out of sight.
You would get that missing element in Take Your House Back but it's also covered by Dana K White in her books, podcasts, and videos here on TH-cam. She calls it the "clutter threshold."
Yes! I think looking where you lean mostly on the spectrums are more precise than the test. I was super confused, but it turned out I was a bee - the last type I thought I would be, and the one I least identified with at first. Though I find that using the strategies of other types in different areas can be very useful. I like to use ladybug basket strategies to 'shove and hide' my piles, until I can deal with them properly. This doesn't mean I am a ladybug - it just means that I have not set up the ideal organising system yet, but this will do until I get it done. :)
I scored as a cricket, too. There were three or four questions that didn’t quite have an answer choice that fit me and I picked the closest one that worked.
I actually took the HANGERS OUT of my coat closet and put a bunch of HOOKS INSIDE the coat closet. Now we have our specific hooks inside the closet, and we NOW actually keep our coats in there as opposed to wherever they end up around the house. 😂 Go figure!
I had to take the Clutterbug quiz 3 times and watch the 'Bug Style' videos to finally determine my Clutterbug style. It rocked my world to finally understand it. My closets were organized to the 'T' but clutter filled my home. I 'needed' to find the 'perfect home' for my stuff. I was buried in visual clutter everywhere until I started decluttering my cupboards and closets which were beautifully organized. They were also packed full, so I was trying to find space where there was no space. I'm a Bee mostly. Often Cass says Bee's have the hardest time letting go because we see use in everything. Like the scrap of pink felt and vintage embroidered ribbon I made a dress out of for my granddaughter's special 'mousey' stuffed toy. The materials were in the 'time will tell' bin. I'm a little bit of all the 'Bugs' depending upon which area I'm organizing. Butterfly for my craft space and Cricket for my office space - they're in the same room. haha. Thanks for this video.
OMGOSH this might be me. Just too much stuff and visual clutter is here among me and stresses me out. Then, my closet is organized and I can’t make the PERFECT decision about where stuff should go😢
cas also notes that the function of the room can also change your "type." for example, i might be a butterfly in my craft room AND a cricket in my kitchen
I get how what bug you are depends on which space you're organising. Some things have to be more hidden and more detailed organised for safety or other reasons, even if it's not the easiest style for me. I'm in my element when I can organise my soace for a butter fly or lady bug, depending on what space I'm organising.
Thank you! Btw: I have an open clothes rack for clothes that have already been worn. It you put it next to the radiator your husband will use it. It is less minimal, but better (because more intentional) than clothes hanging from the radiator
I just found out that I am a CRICKET!!! Thank you for including the Clutterbug test along with this video. Over the past couple of years, I have removed over 70% (and still decluttering) of items including furniture from my home. I love owning less, and I try to be organised... but still working on that. Perfection is a working progress!!! 😊
I just wanted you to know how inspiring you are to me. I look at your house every time I go on a big throwing out binge. I grew up poor and am scared to get rid of things for a few reasons. One, because what if. Two because I simply didn't know you COULD live without stuff. I grew up in America!
Can relate to your first reason. I am totally programmed to NEVER throw away stuff that I use and that is still in good condition, even though I don't necessarily enjoy a certain garment for example. That's the way I was raised. It's exhausting sometimes.
A ladybug here! The description fit me fairly well, but there were some questions that I had to answer incorrectly because the correct answer wasn't there.
I love that you wear your clothes until possible. It's much easier to love on a well-worn piece we loved till the end than have someone else try out a worn piece and try to persuade them to love it.
Re everything defaulting to the Butterflies: I once read a book about left brain organizers (logical, linear thinkers who love structure) versus right brain (visual, artistic) people. There was a comment along the lines of "Don't bother with a closet for a right brain person, just give them a wall of doorknobs on which to hang their clothing." That really underscored the fact that the path of least resistance (personality/habit-wise) always wins, so make putting things away as easy as possible for the person who struggles the most!
I’ve been a Clutterbug follower for years. When I took the test, I was a butterfly, but after organizing my stuff, I realized I was really a ladybug with butterfly tendencies. Cas has helped me get things under control and I can’t thank her enough. FYI - I working toward removing/decluttering stuff I don’t need/use. Not really a minimalist, but working towards it.
Those are the cutest overalls I have ever seen!! I am a lady bug and my husband is a butterfly. And so are my kids so I do my best to make things visual and macro. If it's something I am mostly in charge of, it's in a cabinet with a macro label. Like I have a bin for medicine instead of organizing everything individually. I love the idea of throwing things in their bin and closing the door!! Haha.
I LOVE Cas! Been following her for years. Learning I am a butterfly was life changing! I lived in an organized mess for years and couldn't figure out why traditional organizing methods didn't work for me. It turns out that I need important things out where I can see them and remember them and organizing solutions that prioritize ease of putting away. Thanks for featuring Cas on your video! (And *always* stay to the end of Cas's videos!)
Tip for labeling toy bins from a former PreK teacher- if the kiddo/s can't read yet: Use a picture of the kind of toy that goes in the bin and tape it on the front. Visual pictures go a long way- also is a form of matching game for the kiddo/s :) Example: picture of toy car on front of car bin. Have a fab day all :) ❤ Oh and also some toys can be washed and disinfected in the dishwasher (tip especially for babies and toddlers)
I never took the quiz as I was convinced I was a cricket as very minimal with items. Turns out I’m a ladybug! And makes so much sense now. I think I minimise items to cope with the organisation - not because I love the minimal look. I have ended up with the minimal look but with random piles about the place 😅
I’ve watched Cass for years, since the early days of her channel! She is HILARIOUS. If you haven’t heard her pantyless bike ride home from grocery shopping story…… Omg. 😂 I have no idea which video of hers it was at the end of but I laughed so hard!
Ladybug living with very messy butterflies. Life is sometimes challenging, but helps to recognise your style. Even as a child I tidied my room by shoving everything under the bed.
Gonna take the quiz. My organizational ocd was inherited from my father, who taught that a job wasn't done until the tools were cleaned and put away. Edit. Turns out that I'm a bee. And Cas' description of a bee is remarkably accurate for how I've organized my garage and workbench. Almost shockingly!
Please like this video + comment with YOUR Clutterbug type if you know it! If you don't, take the test here: ► clutterbug.me/what-clutterbug-are-you-test
So sorry but no. She along with EVERYBODY else needs to learn from A to Zen life. You are one of the original minimalist/organizers that is still teaching people full time. So many minimalist have literally just quit and those that you taught are copy cats. Just bcuz I learned all I kno from you does not mean I am a credible understudy. I still have so much more to learn from you. Minimalist that learned from you are just that. Students. They are not on your level. I use to watch The Messy Minimalist and never learned a thing. Let's just say it was a mess. It was watching a car crash in slow-mo. If Tiger woods teaches me to golf does not make me his equal. These people that are using your teachings should be paying you
The cricket video was not helpful to me. I'm going to watch it again bcuz I must be missing somthing. I do tend to make things harder than should be. I felt like she was getting a lesson from you. Really. Go figure
I loved this video! I am a butterfly and my husband is a bee. We have visible solutions everywhere. Hooks for coats, magnetic knife holder on our kitchen wall, hooks in our bedroom. This was a really great video!
I love this collaboration, thanks for doing this! While I am a ladybug, my adult daughter who still lives at home is a butterfly. Sigh. We compromise with common spaces where everything is away, and her own spaces are more visual.
I do not understand folks who struggle with wearing clothes more than once. (I say this will all love in my heart!) I have a simple rule (or question) "Is this (item of clothing) too dirty to wear again?" Yes! Off the the laundry basket it goes! No! Back into the closet! *That's it!* I have seen some pretty elaborate 'systems' for clothing in purgatory. I don't believe in purgatory lol! "Do! or Do Not! There is no 'Try'! " ~Yoda
I LOVE Cas! I've been her follower for nearing a decade now. She's awesome! (And her grandfather was from Hungary, too.) I'm a bee 🐝. Out of sight, out of mind. Today I go on with my deep cleaning and eventually decluttering. And as you can see, I keep listening to your videos, making the process fun. Thank you! Oh! Because of my depression, my entryway has been a massive mess for years now. Now I know I really need to clean it up for having a better life. Thanks for the tip! ❤ Greetings from Hungary.
Awww, two of my favorite TH-camrs!!! So, I’ve taken the quiz a couple times but haven’t ever felt like the results were right. Just this morning (seriously) I saw someone else complaining about the same thing, and someone else pointed out that it can help to get the decluttering done first, since the organizing comes after. So I guess there’s no skipping steps 😋 I gotta dig out your decluttering checklists as I restart my aggressive decluttering
One of the things that helped me when I was taking the quiz, was to think of who I was at 5 years old. What did my room look like. I may be the unicorn, but I was not a butterfly even as a child. I hated to have 35 stuffed animals on my bed. I didn’t like a ton of posters on my walls, but rather just a couple that I loved at the moment. Unless I was in a hurry, I wouldn’t have clothes all over or toys, it stressed me out. But, god love me, don’t open my drawers or closet! I was horrible at putting things away neatly. Still am….but now that I know I’m a Ladybug, I have broad categories for my things, and I am organized. As much as I want to be a cricket, I am not and will never be. And that’s ok. Good luck to you on your journey, it is so worth it, and so are you.
Maybe the Clutterbug worm is the one who wraps up in a blanket and hides in the corner in overwhelm at the mess... 😬🤭 But like little grubs, the worm can still grow up into a bee, butterfly, etc!
I’m also a cricket and I do the same thing with the clothes. I hang them in the bathroom so I remember to wear them again after I shower. But my father, with whom I share the bathroom, hates it, so he put them with the dirty clothes. We are still working on that and trying to not let it cause conflicts. It’s hard to share space with people who think differently about organization, but you two seem to deal well with it. I’m a minimalist living with two shopping addict hoarders. It’s hard, but we are learning to cohabit in peace.
I loved this video. I always look at your home and think it is so perfect. Having raised 4 children, I know it does not just HAPPEN. I took Cass’s quiz. I am a Cricket too. It also gave me some insight in my adult children’s styles. I live alone now, happily everything has a home, I never set anything down, I put it away as soon as I’m finished, I have dividers in my drawers, etc. I love showing people how organized my closet and cupboards are….. okay, I’m a show off.
I've taken the quiz many times - each time I'm a butterfly. It's really clever how she nails it! Interesting what you were saying about partners who are the same type. We are both butterflies and also clash at times.
Marissa, I've been following both you and Cas for a while now and I love that you brought her on this week. Great questions, and as a developing minimalist and an aspiring organizational professional (and a cricket!--interesting that Cas says most prof. organizers fall into this category) I really enjoyed seeing these two mindsets being brought together as they aren't very often. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this clutterbug system! According to the quiz I am a butterfly, but I have always been called a snail, leading a trail in my home for everyone to find me and what I've been up to that day lol.
I remember that as a kid I was sorting my toys based on categories, sometimes making sub-categories based on what toy series it came from and everything was put into their dedicated shoe boxes [where I store my stuff to this day. My parents were very agains organizers and pro shoe boxes]. For example, I had my big my little pony figurines separated from small my little pony figurines and among those big ones I had a sub category for dress up ponies, that went into a dress up pony bag and the bag into the big pony shoe box and the shoe box into the toy shelf. I guess I was an organization freak cricked since the very beginning of my life 😁
I am a Ladybug, my husband is a Butterfly. We both like broad categories that are easy to put away, but he will forget we have things if they are out of sight. We compromise: We have a bit more on display than I would like in some places, and and in others we use drawers where it's easy to see everything when you open the drawer, so he can see everything at a glance, but can still be easily tucked out of sight. Minimalism makes it al lot easier for us to get along, since there is not too much out in the open to display OR hidden away. :)
10:33 OH- we each have a cheap (but cute!) dollar tree bucket we use to put pajamas/at home workout clothes that aren’t quite dirty that we want to wear again Don’t have a system for the other clothes though 🤔 I just put them away, sometimes spritzing them with a sanitizing fabric spray if we were out around any suspiciously cough-y people etc
Haha, im a cricket as well but a lot of the questions were diffucult for me to answer because none of the answers applied to me therefore we are living a minimalistic, practical and clutterfree life already. Greetings from the Netherlands 👋
I am a ladybug, not surprised. Like my herbs are in an open basket. Looks very clean and neat from the outside, but in the basket it is a happy mess. I get stressed from seeing to many products, even when it is put perfectly next to eachother.
To both of you: THANK YOU! It is so regivanating to listen to you and to understand that " even experts like you are " , still ask yourselves questions and/or wonder ...why?!!! ;) I will take the quiz...for sure! Life needs......organization; the WORLD needs....YOU! Thank you from the bottom of my heart, helene :)
Just had a very localized "earthquake" in our closet resulting in everything on the floor. Now deciding how to make a minimally functional closet perform better and realized that I should take the quiz before doing anything else!! Thank you! (Also, I got a bit too excited at being forced to do a big declutter where I’d been taking things out as I used/didn’t use them. Yay!)
Love Cas and enjoy her videos. I would have guessed you were a Cricket. I’m a Cricket too. My cat’s name is even Cricket 😻, though I named her that prior to knowing I was a Cricket (and for other reasons). But, still cracks me up that I came up with that name for her. LOL Thanks for the great videos. I’m a long term minimalist (essentialist/valueist - newer terms I find I align with) since at least 2012, but I still enjoy videos that are about simplifying, decluttering etc as I’m always reassessing and learning. I especially like your content as I also have lost both my parents (though I still have a wonderful father/stepfather) and really appreciate your journey even as a solo/no kids woman and will watch all of your videos. 💛🤍
As a cricket in a house full of butterflies everything is visual and out in the majority of the house. All my personal spaces are more detailed and hidden.
OMG! Thank you for posting this. I’ve been trying to get organized for almost 40 years, and now I know why nothing I’ve done has worked. I’m a butterfly, and I keep trying to file things and using traditional methods that just don’t work for me. Visual organizing here I come! 🦋
I took the quiz and learned I was a Bee. But when I looked around my house, the organization was not Bee-like at all, and the thought of making it that way filled me with dread! Turns out I was a Bee at work, where I had to be super organized so my coworkers could find things, but a Butterfly at home.
I love this video - I had not yet heard of Cass before and I find her approach to categorizing people into different "clutter bugs" fascinating! I took the quiz and ended up being a ladybug, which is very true for me, because I like to have lots of bins to store items, but don't spend too much time on detailed labelling and sorting, because my family will very likely not be able to maintain that kind of system.
For the husband "wear again" clothes, you can get the IKEA Komplement extractable hanger (10€) and screw it hiding between the closet and the window, that way not in contact with the clean clothes. When not in use, just slide it back and it is out of sight.
Took the test and realized that I am a cricket in every room of the house except the sewing room. There I am half cricket and half bee. I have a wall of thread racks and peg boards but then I have drawers and closed bins for everything else. My partner is a butterfly. Sigh. I started in-depth decluttering in the kitchen in March. The kitchen is done - it took two and a half months (so worth it). Now I'm preparing to tackle the laundry/utility room. Rather daunted by trying to create a solution that will work for both of us.
I could totally see that for a craft room! I always like looking at pegboards, but I don’t think I would actually want one anywhere else but for crafting (but I don’t even craft, soooo just eye candy 😉) Good luck with the laundry room!
Love the Clutterbug philosophy! ☺ Though I would probably recommend her video on typing yourself or others without the quiz. The basic principle is wether you are leaning more towards details/not detailed, or visual/hidden. It simplifies things a lot. When I first learned about her theory, I could see myself in every type, so it was difficult to pinpoint. At the time, I was doing some downsizing and decluttering, and I lacked a lot of basic organizing. So often my place was a mess, and my closets stuffed to the brim. My 'strategy' when cleaning was often to 'shove and hide', so I could deal with the spaces one at a time. However, after decluttering and getting some organizing going, I noticed that I was naturally very detailed in my way of organizing. And because my stuff fit my space, and I made a system that utilised the space more efficiently, I kept up that system pretty easy. This points towards a cricket or a bee. I like it to be easy to find, and easy to put away. But I especially need it to be easy to find when needed. The visual/hidden, I tend to be a bit more mixed. I gravitate towards a relatively minimal style of decorating. Both because it makes it easier to clean, and it does bring an element of calm to the space. But on the other hand, I like to have some things on display to show what brings joy to me. I think I would go insane if I had to live in a room with barely any decoration to make it personal and cozy. 😅 I would never put away appliances I use daily; my counters would feel empty. I have pictures and invitations on the fridge for years. Not a lot, but there is always something. So even though I use baskets strategically, to utilise the space and hide certain things - I lean more to the visual side. So leaning towards visual and detailed, this put me as a bee. Which is actually the last type I thought I would be. I still use certain strategies from the other types where it makes sense. But I seem to mostly function as a bee. So if you are unsure about the result, try to look at the simplified version, instead of the test. 😊
I love this video so much! I've been an avid Clutterbug follower for a few years now and when I got your email this morning I immediately opened this video! Thank you for this collab, this is so great!
When I first heard of the system it gave me ladybug but that was because I was tossing things in a drawer or closet because of having too much inventory. As time has gone on I've realized I'm a butterfly with a slight bee tendency. One in one out rule and decluttering makes it a lot easier to determine your type! That underwear thing definitely puts me in the visual organizer box. 😂 That is a good tell.
I'm a bee, which is pretty accurate, but I also hate dust (also because of allergy), so open shelves are a nightmare for me. If open, then behind glass door, or something to avoid dust.
I loved watching you discover your clutterbug type! I'm a Bee and so is my partner. We are working on minimalism because while we like to see all of our things, too much is definitely over stimulating and overwhelming. For example, I love my pegboard of craft supplies, but I don't want it bursting with stuff I won't even use! Minimized down to my favorite thread colors, just a few tools and some lovely artwork.
Clutterbug totally changed the way I use my home. I am a bee, a detailed and visual organiser. I am a minimalist, but you can see all my things. And Cass taught me how I can do that in a way that is still visually calm.
I'm a Cricket my OH is a Butterfly, it drives spare. When thinking about the state of underwear as someone who worked in A&E for years i can reassure you that medical staff don't care about your knickers. If anything you wearing some Bridget Jones Big Knickers means they at least know they've not snipped off your best pair!
I've been really struggling with being the only butterfly in my home. Cas saying default to butterfly really hit me. I bawled so much because I felt validated 🥰
"Why is there no worm bug?" Yes! Why? Lol. I love that you trued out Clutter bug! I've taken yhe quiz several times, and have had equal results between butter fly and lady bug. And as I de-clutter and organise. I'm more and more convince I'm a hybrid between the 2, in almodt equal measure 😂. I'm definitely a macro organiser. For sure, and I only get crickety when it comes to small electronics accessiries and my needlework tools, more for safety reasons. I do not lije counter tops and walks, etc, to look too busy. But I do need certain things out where I can see them and grab them right on the spot. And, I'm pretty sure my hubby is a butter fly, with maybe a little bit if kady bug. But he is 100% a macro organiser, and really ildoesn't stress over clutter in our private rooms or his work. But he's a bit of a neat freak in the public rooms.
I’m so glad you did this video! I am a minimalist and have followed Cas for years. I am a lady bug (so is my husband) and I have always wondered if it really mattered much because I feel the same way you do, if I have to organize it I’d rather just get rid of it!
That makes so much sense! I'm a ladybug, and my cricket husband stresses me out when I try to follow all his rules of what goes where! I've been feeling selfish but at the same time justified in saying, "look, I'm putting anything electronic in one of these two drawers. The walkie talkies, the charging cord for something, and the batteries are all in there. It makes sense, and just look in there if you want something like that!" And then I wasn't totally sure if he is a cricket anyway, as he makes piles upon piles. And I always think of him as the orderly one, but if you look at his space, it's mostly piles with a few EXTREMELY meticulously organized areas. I guess he's making piles for the time when he'll have the energy to put the things away "properly".
Your tennis shoes are barely broken in compared with my dog-walking shoes! I finally had to use duct tape to keep the sole on one of them! But they are so comfortable and I dread trying to find a replacement pair that is just a comfortable.
Since I started working remotely in 2020, my clothing game has definitely gone downhill. In the past year, I have started updating some pieces with high-quality things purchased second-hand. I'm viewing the clothes I wear as a form of self-care. I'm not the mani-pedi type, and since I don't do a lot of Zoom calls, I don't need to wear a lot of makeup. But one decluttering person I listen to asked why would we wear anything except our favorite things and that really resonated with me. What am I saving those clothes for? I don't wear my best jeans to paint the kitchen, but giving a little more attention to what I'm wearing has given me a little boost in the mornings when I get ready to work. Even if my morning commute is 12 feet. 😄
Almost 100 % ladybug here. Open storage drives me nuts. I need my home to be visually calm (chaos behind closed doors is still happening). I am so so glad I found Cas a couple of years ago.
Thank you! I took the quiz, and I'm also a cricket. This video helped me understand why some of the systems I've set up work for me, and others I've set up don't. Now I know what to do next. Yay!
Cricket married to a ladybug with a kid cricket and a kid ladybug and waiting on the rest to be old enough to figure out. I love including my kids in this. I tell friends that I won't help them organize things until they take the quiz. 😆
Ladybug. I need my shoes all out where I can see them, so I have nice shoe racks in my closet, but my underwear is in a drawer (not folded). If all my shoes were hidden, I’d forget about what I have. I’m going to change underwear daily 😂 so it can be away in a drawer. I have depression so I need the simplest way to get to done. Because of that I don’t fold things if they are need it, etc. It’s always a balancing act.
Both of your presentations in the Get Organized HQ collaboration were top notch and this video with you and Cas was great too! I thought you might be a bee because you have an exposed closet in the entryway and your bookcases have glass instead of solid doors but I understand why you'd have that type of closet that is shared with the kids and the bookshelves also serve as display cases so of course they'd need to be visible.
Very interesting observations! For the entryway it was really tough to find a storage unit that fit there, so I think that was more of a forced choice - but it worked out great! I think it’s good if we can be adaptable, too 👍
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I love this so much! Thank you for your incredible support. Your videos are so inspiring and incredibly well done!
Thanks so much, Cas, I had a blast chatting with you and making this video -- cheers!
Just took the quiz. I'm a ladybug!
@Clutterbug Your webchat made me feel so validated as a struggling butterfly. Thank you.
You drive me crazy when you say to default to the Visual organizer. I’m a lady bug, with health issues and clutter actually hurts my health so no we can’t default to my husbands visual organizing if I want to function. Please stop telling people this, your hurting people. The default needs to depend on everyone in the household and what they can tolerate. There are so many ways to compromise without defaulting to one style.
She isn't hurting people just because what she says doesn't suit you. This isn't about you personally. Walking or running daily is an excellent exercise, and it's understood it applies to those who can walk, not being imposed on those with a broken leg.
The ClutterBug system literally changed my life. I don’t use that term lightly. Life changing. I stopped wasting money on organizational stuff that didn’t work for me and came to terms with being a visual organizer. I’m 100% an “if I can’t se it, it doesn’t exist” person and Cas taught me there’s nothing wrong with that as long as I organize accordingly!
This video is so helpful. Thank you. I am a butterfly and my mom and sister are definitely not. I have been called a slob my whole life and felt like a failure at keeping my home. Now i know. I am a butterfly. I am working with a professional organizer. Guess what? She is helping me set up visual systems. Now why what she helped me with works when nothing else did makes so much sense. I love your videos. Your honesty and kindness are wonderful. And speech pathologists are absolute heroes. I went to a speech pathologist for 6 years as a child. Ms. Symmes (RIP) did so much more than help me conquer a lot of impediments. She gave me the start of self confidence. Today I am a lawyer and public speaker.
As a a healthcare worker I can tell you, when people are in situation were their clothes needs to be cut off them, we do not pay attention on stains, holes or how good you look in your clothes. If we had done so instead of consentrating in doing first aid, you'd end up dead. There.
I’m sure that’s true! 😂
There's no way I'd be embarrassed by the quality of my clothing during an emergency. Even speaking of a planned medical appointment: it's polite to make sure you're clean and don't stink (if it isn't part of the problem the doctor needs to know about), but it's not a contest for the best fitting underware or whatever.
That’s good to know, I’m sure in a situation that required clothing to be cut off people get all sorts of fluids and stains on their undies and they’re not going to be clean or nice looking anyway! But I do agree with Cass’s overall sentiment about wearing nice underclothes for your own self, if you have the means to.
I was going to post something similar. My husband is a paramedic, and if he ever has to cut clothes off, he couldn't care less what your underwear looks like!!
I thought exactly that :D But I get Cas' sentiment, that you are worth wearing "nice" underwear and clothing in general :)
I have been a Clutterbug fan for years. I am a Cricket married to a Bee...the struggle is real! Thanks for introducing more folks to Cas. She, along with The Minimal Mom and Diane in Denmark, has helped me on my journey to minimalism.
Same here with having toes that rub holes in the tops of my shoes! Best preventative measure for me has been to put a square of good quality duct tape on the inside of my new (or old) shoes where my toes would rub. Eventually the tape will need to be replaced, but that's cheaper and easier than replacing the shoes!
Great idea 💡!
I found shoes with stretchy uppers I need to walk in that are slip on with velcro strap.
I did the quiz. I'm a bee now but downsizing to essentials & favourite simpler projects. Weaving is great as yoy can declutter onto the garden & is fully compostable.
I’m a Butterfly. I have ADHD, & quickly forget I own something if I can’t see it. That said, I HATE visual clutter, so even though I like my stuff out where I can see it, most of it has a place that it goes back to the moment I no longer need it, & having an automatic place for everything is a big help for my working-memory issues. Part of the reason decluttering appeals to me is that I don’t want to have to keep as much stuff out in the open (or forget I own it if I do need to put things in a closet or drawer).
Also, I agree with Cass that hooks for the back of a door are a GREAT place to hang clothes that are in an “in-between” stage!
It took me YEARS to figure out my category! I found focusing on the spectrums she talked about instead of the categories themselves to be helpful: Macro vs Micro and Visual vs Hidden. Also, in a video somewhere on her channel she mentioned looking in your house at the areas that are working for you already for a clue. With that tip, I suddenly realized how VISUAL I am (open shelves, hooks, even my yoga mat hangs on the wall), and how I like to have things in particular order much of the time (so some micro tendencies, like folding my underwear and decanting my pantry goods into ball jars). However, hooks are my best friend, and lids are my nemesis. Things should be easy to get out and put away one handed, but it should also be pretty and orderly where possible LOL. For a while I had thought I was a hidden type of person because I don’t like lots of things around, and yet I WANT TO SEE ALL MY STUFF. My solution to that issue is minimalism (which explains why I’ve tended towards minimalism for much of my life naturally). I think there needs to be an additional spectrum in her program that is Simplicity vs Abundance, because I’ve personally experienced it to be a fully separate issue.
Your comment is 100/100 on point.
To be fair Cas says, even for visual organisers, if everything is visual, nothing is visual. That means if there is too much stuff out there it just feels like a mess. That’s why she always says to declutter first. Also we could be influenced by our upbringing and what we want to be like. Most of us were brought up to think that to be tidy, things need to be put away out of sight.
I’m the same. I’m a butterfly but get overwhelmed if there’s too much stuff!
You would get that missing element in Take Your House Back but it's also covered by Dana K White in her books, podcasts, and videos here on TH-cam. She calls it the "clutter threshold."
Yes! I think looking where you lean mostly on the spectrums are more precise than the test. I was super confused, but it turned out I was a bee - the last type I thought I would be, and the one I least identified with at first. Though I find that using the strategies of other types in different areas can be very useful. I like to use ladybug basket strategies to 'shove and hide' my piles, until I can deal with them properly. This doesn't mean I am a ladybug - it just means that I have not set up the ideal organising system yet, but this will do until I get it done. :)
I scored as a cricket, too. There were three or four questions that didn’t quite have an answer choice that fit me and I picked the closest one that worked.
I actually took the HANGERS OUT of my coat closet and put a bunch of HOOKS INSIDE the coat closet. Now we have our specific hooks inside the closet, and we NOW actually keep our coats in there as opposed to wherever they end up around the house. 😂 Go figure!
I had to take the Clutterbug quiz 3 times and watch the 'Bug Style' videos to finally determine my Clutterbug style. It rocked my world to finally understand it. My closets were organized to the 'T' but clutter filled my home. I 'needed' to find the 'perfect home' for my stuff. I was buried in visual clutter everywhere until I started decluttering my cupboards and closets which were beautifully organized. They were also packed full, so I was trying to find space where there was no space. I'm a Bee mostly. Often Cass says Bee's have the hardest time letting go because we see use in everything. Like the scrap of pink felt and vintage embroidered ribbon I made a dress out of for my granddaughter's special 'mousey' stuffed toy. The materials were in the 'time will tell' bin. I'm a little bit of all the 'Bugs' depending upon which area I'm organizing. Butterfly for my craft space and Cricket for my office space - they're in the same room. haha. Thanks for this video.
OMGOSH this might be me. Just too much stuff and visual clutter is here among me and stresses me out. Then, my closet is organized and I can’t make the PERFECT decision about where stuff should go😢
Sister Bee here! I feel ya about all the possibilities! The time will tell bin is so helpful!
cas also notes that the function of the room can also change your "type." for example, i might be a butterfly in my craft room AND a cricket in my kitchen
I get how what bug you are depends on which space you're organising. Some things have to be more hidden and more detailed organised for safety or other reasons, even if it's not the easiest style for me. I'm in my element when I can organise my soace for a butter fly or lady bug, depending on what space I'm organising.
Thank you! Btw: I have an open clothes rack for clothes that have already been worn. It you put it next to the radiator your husband will use it. It is less minimal, but better (because more intentional) than clothes hanging from the radiator
My husband just said this confirms he and the kids are right and I'm wrong 😂. Surrounded by butterflies 🦋
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Same!! It just feels like you have an extra kid 😂
I just found out that I am a CRICKET!!! Thank you for including the Clutterbug test along with this video. Over the past couple of years, I have removed over 70% (and still decluttering) of items including furniture from my home. I love owning less, and I try to be organised... but still working on that. Perfection is a working progress!!! 😊
I just wanted you to know how inspiring you are to me. I look at your house every time I go on a big throwing out binge. I grew up poor and am scared to get rid of things for a few reasons. One, because what if. Two because I simply didn't know you COULD live without stuff. I grew up in America!
Both points hit home so hard with me, Rachell! Its like someone turned on the light switch you didn’t know was there.
Can relate to your first reason. I am totally programmed to NEVER throw away stuff that I use and that is still in good condition, even though I don't necessarily enjoy a certain garment for example. That's the way I was raised. It's exhausting sometimes.
A ladybug here! The description fit me fairly well, but there were some questions that I had to answer incorrectly because the correct answer wasn't there.
I love that you wear your clothes until possible. It's much easier to love on a well-worn piece we loved till the end than have someone else try out a worn piece and try to persuade them to love it.
Re everything defaulting to the Butterflies: I once read a book about left brain organizers (logical, linear thinkers who love structure) versus right brain (visual, artistic) people. There was a comment along the lines of "Don't bother with a closet for a right brain person, just give them a wall of doorknobs on which to hang their clothing." That really underscored the fact that the path of least resistance (personality/habit-wise) always wins, so make putting things away as easy as possible for the person who struggles the most!
Haha, I did not know that crickets are most rare. Now I feel even more proud! 😆🦗
I love Cas so much!
Take back your house with Clutterbug, minimal mom, and Dana k white changed my life
That’s wonderful, do you know your clutter bug type Stephanie?
I agree, I love all that you mention and still learn things from them.
Dawn (the minimal mom) is a ladybug and Dana is a butterfly I believe.
Mine too!!
Mine too!!
I’ve been a Clutterbug follower for years. When I took the test, I was a butterfly, but after organizing my stuff, I realized I was really a ladybug with butterfly tendencies. Cas has helped me get things under control and I can’t thank her enough. FYI - I working toward removing/decluttering stuff I don’t need/use. Not really a minimalist, but working towards it.
Thanks for sharing your insights 👏
Those are the cutest overalls I have ever seen!!
I am a lady bug and my husband is a butterfly. And so are my kids so I do my best to make things visual and macro. If it's something I am mostly in charge of, it's in a cabinet with a macro label. Like I have a bin for medicine instead of organizing everything individually. I love the idea of throwing things in their bin and closing the door!! Haha.
I LOVE Cas! Been following her for years. Learning I am a butterfly was life changing! I lived in an organized mess for years and couldn't figure out why traditional organizing methods didn't work for me. It turns out that I need important things out where I can see them and remember them and organizing solutions that prioritize ease of putting away. Thanks for featuring Cas on your video! (And *always* stay to the end of Cas's videos!)
Thanks so much for sharing!
Tip for labeling toy bins from a former PreK teacher- if the kiddo/s can't read yet: Use a picture of the kind of toy that goes in the bin and tape it on the front. Visual pictures go a long way- also is a form of matching game for the kiddo/s :) Example: picture of toy car on front of car bin. Have a fab day all :) ❤ Oh and also some toys can be washed and disinfected in the dishwasher (tip especially for babies and toddlers)
Wish I could copy and send to a friend
My husband always has an array of in-use clothes so I gave him hooks to hang them. It’s really solved the issue for us.
I never took the quiz as I was convinced I was a cricket as very minimal with items. Turns out I’m a ladybug! And makes so much sense now. I think I minimise items to cope with the organisation - not because I love the minimal look. I have ended up with the minimal look but with random piles about the place 😅
I’ve watched Cass for years, since the early days of her channel! She is HILARIOUS. If you haven’t heard her pantyless bike ride home from grocery shopping story…… Omg. 😂 I have no idea which video of hers it was at the end of but I laughed so hard!
I wish I had 1/10 of her personality - I definitely haven’t heard that story, I will have to email her and ask her which video that is 🤣🤣🤣
The Clutterbug quiz was spot-on for me. It's helped me a lot in my decluttering and organizing.
Ladybug living with very messy butterflies. Life is sometimes challenging, but helps to recognise your style. Even as a child I tidied my room by shoving everything under the bed.
Omg I LOVE Cas! She saved me a few years ago. She truly is wonderful.
For sure ❤️
Gonna take the quiz. My organizational ocd was inherited from my father, who taught that a job wasn't done until the tools were cleaned and put away.
Edit. Turns out that I'm a bee. And Cas' description of a bee is remarkably accurate for how I've organized my garage and workbench. Almost shockingly!
Please like this video + comment with YOUR Clutterbug type if you know it! If you don't, take the test here: ► clutterbug.me/what-clutterbug-are-you-test
Great video
So sorry but no. She along with EVERYBODY else needs to learn from A to Zen life. You are one of the original minimalist/organizers that is still teaching people full time. So many minimalist have literally just quit and those that you taught are copy cats. Just bcuz I learned all I kno from you does not mean I am a credible understudy. I still have so much more to learn from you. Minimalist that learned from you are just that. Students. They are not on your level. I use to watch The Messy Minimalist and never learned a thing. Let's just say it was a mess. It was watching a car crash in slow-mo. If Tiger woods teaches me to golf does not make me his equal. These people that are using your teachings should be paying you
Ce test est spectaculaire !! 🐝
I feel like A to Zen life Marisa must have been born in the 60s becuz that's when minimalism was started and it's in her DNA
The cricket video was not helpful to me. I'm going to watch it again bcuz I must be missing somthing. I do tend to make things harder than should be. I felt like she was getting a lesson from you. Really. Go figure
I loved this video! I am a butterfly and my husband is a bee. We have visible solutions everywhere. Hooks for coats, magnetic knife holder on our kitchen wall, hooks in our bedroom. This was a really great video!
Hooks for the entry was a game changer for me! I actually did that several years before we took the quiz and now I know why it works.
Man, I wish I shared at least one aspect with my husband lol, he's a ladybug and I'm a bee
@@caitlinhanson8631 Whoa. That's tough. For real! 😬
I love this collaboration, thanks for doing this! While I am a ladybug, my adult daughter who still lives at home is a butterfly. Sigh. We compromise with common spaces where everything is away, and her own spaces are more visual.
I do not understand folks who struggle with wearing clothes more than once. (I say this will all love in my heart!) I have a simple rule (or question) "Is this (item of clothing) too dirty to wear again?" Yes! Off the the laundry basket it goes! No! Back into the closet! *That's it!* I have seen some pretty elaborate 'systems' for clothing in purgatory. I don't believe in purgatory lol!
"Do! or Do Not! There is no 'Try'! " ~Yoda
I LOVE Cas! I've been her follower for nearing a decade now. She's awesome! (And her grandfather was from Hungary, too.) I'm a bee 🐝. Out of sight, out of mind. Today I go on with my deep cleaning and eventually decluttering. And as you can see, I keep listening to your videos, making the process fun. Thank you! Oh! Because of my depression, my entryway has been a massive mess for years now. Now I know I really need to clean it up for having a better life. Thanks for the tip! ❤ Greetings from Hungary.
Awww, two of my favorite TH-camrs!!! So, I’ve taken the quiz a couple times but haven’t ever felt like the results were right. Just this morning (seriously) I saw someone else complaining about the same thing, and someone else pointed out that it can help to get the decluttering done first, since the organizing comes after. So I guess there’s no skipping steps 😋 I gotta dig out your decluttering checklists as I restart my aggressive decluttering
That’s one of the things Cas mentioned, it can be tough to tease out what is real, and what is fantasy self. Cheering you on - you got this! 📣
One of the things that helped me when I was taking the quiz, was to think of who I was at 5 years old. What did my room look like. I may be the unicorn, but I was not a butterfly even as a child. I hated to have 35 stuffed animals on my bed. I didn’t like a ton of posters on my walls, but rather just a couple that I loved at the moment. Unless I was in a hurry, I wouldn’t have clothes all over or toys, it stressed me out. But, god love me, don’t open my drawers or closet! I was horrible at putting things away neatly. Still am….but now that I know I’m a Ladybug, I have broad categories for my things, and I am organized. As much as I want to be a cricket, I am not and will never be. And that’s ok. Good luck to you on your journey, it is so worth it, and so are you.
Maybe the Clutterbug worm is the one who wraps up in a blanket and hides in the corner in overwhelm at the mess... 😬🤭
But like little grubs, the worm can still grow up into a bee, butterfly, etc!
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I am Cricket too! I've been a fan of Cas for years. So fun to see this collab!
I've taken that quiz every few years and each time I'm a cricket. Not sure why I want to be something different but can't help what I love.
I’m also a cricket and I do the same thing with the clothes. I hang them in the bathroom so I remember to wear them again after I shower. But my father, with whom I share the bathroom, hates it, so he put them with the dirty clothes. We are still working on that and trying to not let it cause conflicts. It’s hard to share space with people who think differently about organization, but you two seem to deal well with it. I’m a minimalist living with two shopping addict hoarders. It’s hard, but we are learning to cohabit in peace.
I follow both you and Cas and never thought the two of you would mesh so well. 😊 This was a real pleasure.
It was a lovely conversation ☺️
I loved this video. I always look at your home and think it is so perfect. Having raised 4 children, I know it does not just HAPPEN. I took Cass’s quiz. I am a Cricket too. It also gave me some insight in my adult children’s styles. I live alone now, happily everything has a home, I never set anything down, I put it away as soon as I’m finished, I have dividers in my drawers, etc. I love showing people how organized my closet and cupboards are….. okay, I’m a show off.
I was shocked by the results. It was just the right description of what I am🙉🙈
I've taken the quiz many times - each time I'm a butterfly. It's really clever how she nails it! Interesting what you were saying about partners who are the same type. We are both butterflies and also clash at times.
You and Cass have helped me so much! Cass cracks me up, she has so much wild energy that motivates me! 😂
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Marissa, I've been following both you and Cas for a while now and I love that you brought her on this week. Great questions, and as a developing minimalist and an aspiring organizational professional (and a cricket!--interesting that Cas says most prof. organizers fall into this category) I really enjoyed seeing these two mindsets being brought together as they aren't very often. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this clutterbug system! According to the quiz I am a butterfly, but I have always been called a snail, leading a trail in my home for everyone to find me and what I've been up to that day lol.
I'm a 🐝 and I embrace open shelves and working upward. I appreciate your minimalism tips and advice, they've helped so much 😊
I remember that as a kid I was sorting my toys based on categories, sometimes making sub-categories based on what toy series it came from and everything was put into their dedicated shoe boxes [where I store my stuff to this day. My parents were very agains organizers and pro shoe boxes]. For example, I had my big my little pony figurines separated from small my little pony figurines and among those big ones I had a sub category for dress up ponies, that went into a dress up pony bag and the bag into the big pony shoe box and the shoe box into the toy shelf. I guess I was an organization freak cricked since the very beginning of my life 😁
I am a Ladybug, my husband is a Butterfly. We both like broad categories that are easy to put away, but he will forget we have things if they are out of sight. We compromise: We have a bit more on display than I would like in some places, and and in others we use drawers where it's easy to see everything when you open the drawer, so he can see everything at a glance, but can still be easily tucked out of sight. Minimalism makes it al lot easier for us to get along, since there is not too much out in the open to display OR hidden away. :)
10:33 OH- we each have a cheap (but cute!) dollar tree bucket we use to put pajamas/at home workout clothes that aren’t quite dirty that we want to wear again
Don’t have a system for the other clothes though 🤔 I just put them away, sometimes spritzing them with a sanitizing fabric spray if we were out around any suspiciously cough-y people etc
Butterfly all the way! If I can't see it, I completely forget I have it! XD
Haha, im a cricket as well but a lot of the questions were diffucult for me to answer because none of the answers applied to me therefore we are living a minimalistic, practical and clutterfree life already.
Greetings from the Netherlands 👋
Waving from Germany 🦗👋 🇩🇪
@@AtoZenLifeOh, wait, you're in Germany?!
@@ember1794 Sure am!
@@AtoZenLife How cool is that?! I somehow placed you in the U.S., which is also very cool ❤️❤️, but now we're even in the same country 😃
Germany = Duitsland😅. Maar gelukkig om de hoek.
I am a ladybug, not surprised. Like my herbs are in an open basket. Looks very clean and neat from the outside, but in the basket it is a happy mess. I get stressed from seeing to many products, even when it is put perfectly next to eachother.
You and Cass together! Amazing!
To both of you: THANK YOU!
It is so regivanating to listen to you and to understand that " even experts like you are " , still ask yourselves questions and/or wonder ...why?!!! ;)
I will take the quiz...for sure!
Life needs......organization; the WORLD needs....YOU!
Thank you from the bottom of my heart,
helene :)
Cheers and thanks for watching, Helene. ❤️
I love Cass from Clutterbug!🖤
Just had a very localized "earthquake" in our closet resulting in everything on the floor. Now deciding how to make a minimally functional closet perform better and realized that I should take the quiz before doing anything else!! Thank you! (Also, I got a bit too excited at being forced to do a big declutter where I’d been taking things out as I used/didn’t use them. Yay!)
Love Cas and enjoy her videos. I would have guessed you were a Cricket. I’m a Cricket too. My cat’s name is even Cricket 😻, though I named her that prior to knowing I was a Cricket (and for other reasons). But, still cracks me up that I came up with that name for her. LOL Thanks for the great videos. I’m a long term minimalist (essentialist/valueist - newer terms I find I align with) since at least 2012, but I still enjoy videos that are about simplifying, decluttering etc as I’m always reassessing and learning. I especially like your content as I also have lost both my parents (though I still have a wonderful father/stepfather) and really appreciate your journey even as a solo/no kids woman and will watch all of your videos. 💛🤍
I love everything that you said, too funny that you named your cat cricket 🦗 🐱🤣 Thanks so much for watching and I’m happy to have you here!
I am a cricket also and an empty nester now and on my own, no one to drive me crazy with their clutter anymore😂
Hahaha I love that! 👍💕
As a cricket in a house full of butterflies everything is visual and out in the majority of the house. All my personal spaces are more detailed and hidden.
Without watching the whole vid. Based on the glass bookshelves. Butterfly!
OMG! Thank you for posting this. I’ve been trying to get organized for almost 40 years, and now I know why nothing I’ve done has worked. I’m a butterfly, and I keep trying to file things and using traditional methods that just don’t work for me. Visual organizing here I come! 🦋
I took the quiz and learned I was a Bee. But when I looked around my house, the organization was not Bee-like at all, and the thought of making it that way filled me with dread! Turns out I was a Bee at work, where I had to be super organized so my coworkers could find things, but a Butterfly at home.
I love this video - I had not yet heard of Cass before and I find her approach to categorizing people into different "clutter bugs" fascinating! I took the quiz and ended up being a ladybug, which is very true for me, because I like to have lots of bins to store items, but don't spend too much time on detailed labelling and sorting, because my family will very likely not be able to maintain that kind of system.
For the husband "wear again" clothes, you can get the IKEA Komplement extractable hanger (10€) and screw it hiding between the closet and the window, that way not in contact with the clean clothes. When not in use, just slide it back and it is out of sight.
Took the test and realized that I am a cricket in every room of the house except the sewing room. There I am half cricket and half bee. I have a wall of thread racks and peg boards but then I have drawers and closed bins for everything else. My partner is a butterfly. Sigh. I started in-depth decluttering in the kitchen in March. The kitchen is done - it took two and a half months (so worth it). Now I'm preparing to tackle the laundry/utility room. Rather daunted by trying to create a solution that will work for both of us.
I could totally see that for a craft room! I always like looking at pegboards, but I don’t think I would actually want one anywhere else but for crafting (but I don’t even craft, soooo just eye candy 😉) Good luck with the laundry room!
@@AtoZenLife Thank you ❤
Love the Clutterbug philosophy! ☺ Though I would probably recommend her video on typing yourself or others without the quiz. The basic principle is wether you are leaning more towards details/not detailed, or visual/hidden. It simplifies things a lot.
When I first learned about her theory, I could see myself in every type, so it was difficult to pinpoint. At the time, I was doing some downsizing and decluttering, and I lacked a lot of basic organizing. So often my place was a mess, and my closets stuffed to the brim. My 'strategy' when cleaning was often to 'shove and hide', so I could deal with the spaces one at a time. However, after decluttering and getting some organizing going, I noticed that I was naturally very detailed in my way of organizing. And because my stuff fit my space, and I made a system that utilised the space more efficiently, I kept up that system pretty easy. This points towards a cricket or a bee. I like it to be easy to find, and easy to put away. But I especially need it to be easy to find when needed.
The visual/hidden, I tend to be a bit more mixed. I gravitate towards a relatively minimal style of decorating. Both because it makes it easier to clean, and it does bring an element of calm to the space. But on the other hand, I like to have some things on display to show what brings joy to me. I think I would go insane if I had to live in a room with barely any decoration to make it personal and cozy. 😅 I would never put away appliances I use daily; my counters would feel empty. I have pictures and invitations on the fridge for years. Not a lot, but there is always something. So even though I use baskets strategically, to utilise the space and hide certain things - I lean more to the visual side.
So leaning towards visual and detailed, this put me as a bee. Which is actually the last type I thought I would be. I still use certain strategies from the other types where it makes sense. But I seem to mostly function as a bee. So if you are unsure about the result, try to look at the simplified version, instead of the test. 😊
I love this video so much! I've been an avid Clutterbug follower for a few years now and when I got your email this morning I immediately opened this video! Thank you for this collab, this is so great!
It was so much fun chatting with Cas - thanks for watching!
When I first heard of the system it gave me ladybug but that was because I was tossing things in a drawer or closet because of having too much inventory. As time has gone on I've realized I'm a butterfly with a slight bee tendency. One in one out rule and decluttering makes it a lot easier to determine your type! That underwear thing definitely puts me in the visual organizer box. 😂 That is a good tell.
You and Cas are definitely in my top 3 favorites. Thank you so much for combining ideas from both of you.
I'm a bee, which is pretty accurate, but I also hate dust (also because of allergy), so open shelves are a nightmare for me. If open, then behind glass door, or something to avoid dust.
I loved watching you discover your clutterbug type! I'm a Bee and so is my partner. We are working on minimalism because while we like to see all of our things, too much is definitely over stimulating and overwhelming. For example, I love my pegboard of craft supplies, but I don't want it bursting with stuff I won't even use! Minimized down to my favorite thread colors, just a few tools and some lovely artwork.
I came out as "Butterfly" and I think that is spot-on!
Clutterbug totally changed the way I use my home. I am a bee, a detailed and visual organiser. I am a minimalist, but you can see all my things.
And Cass taught me how I can do that in a way that is still visually calm.
Oh, I'm most definitely a Bee and I LOVE Cass!
I'm a Cricket my OH is a Butterfly, it drives spare.
When thinking about the state of underwear as someone who worked in A&E for years i can reassure you that medical staff don't care about your knickers. If anything you wearing some Bridget Jones Big Knickers means they at least know they've not snipped off your best pair!
I always love it when my favourite youtubers meet and have a conversation ❤❤❤
Fun video - I was a Ladybug!
I've been really struggling with being the only butterfly in my home. Cas saying default to butterfly really hit me. I bawled so much because I felt validated 🥰
I'm a cricket as well! Just discovered you a few weeks ago and LOVE your content. THANK YOU!!!
"Why is there no worm bug?" Yes! Why? Lol. I love that you trued out Clutter bug! I've taken yhe quiz several times, and have had equal results between butter fly and lady bug. And as I de-clutter and organise. I'm more and more convince I'm a hybrid between the 2, in almodt equal measure 😂. I'm definitely a macro organiser. For sure, and I only get crickety when it comes to small electronics accessiries and my needlework tools, more for safety reasons. I do not lije counter tops and walks, etc, to look too busy. But I do need certain things out where I can see them and grab them right on the spot. And, I'm pretty sure my hubby is a butter fly, with maybe a little bit if kady bug. But he is 100% a macro organiser, and really ildoesn't stress over clutter in our private rooms or his work. But he's a bit of a neat freak in the public rooms.
I’m a cricket. I have been following Cas for at least 6 years.. love her channel (and yours :) )
I’m so glad you did this video! I am a minimalist and have followed Cas for years. I am a lady bug (so is my husband) and I have always wondered if it really mattered much because I feel the same way you do, if I have to organize it I’d rather just get rid of it!
That makes so much sense! I'm a ladybug, and my cricket husband stresses me out when I try to follow all his rules of what goes where! I've been feeling selfish but at the same time justified in saying, "look, I'm putting anything electronic in one of these two drawers. The walkie talkies, the charging cord for something, and the batteries are all in there. It makes sense, and just look in there if you want something like that!"
And then I wasn't totally sure if he is a cricket anyway, as he makes piles upon piles. And I always think of him as the orderly one, but if you look at his space, it's mostly piles with a few EXTREMELY meticulously organized areas. I guess he's making piles for the time when he'll have the energy to put the things away "properly".
Your tennis shoes are barely broken in compared with my dog-walking shoes! I finally had to use duct tape to keep the sole on one of them! But they are so comfortable and I dread trying to find a replacement pair that is just a comfortable.
Yay, what a lovely collaboration!
You know what feeds the clutter tendency is that too often as soon as I get rid of something I find that I needed it after all.
Since I started working remotely in 2020, my clothing game has definitely gone downhill. In the past year, I have started updating some pieces with high-quality things purchased second-hand. I'm viewing the clothes I wear as a form of self-care. I'm not the mani-pedi type, and since I don't do a lot of Zoom calls, I don't need to wear a lot of makeup. But one decluttering person I listen to asked why would we wear anything except our favorite things and that really resonated with me. What am I saving those clothes for? I don't wear my best jeans to paint the kitchen, but giving a little more attention to what I'm wearing has given me a little boost in the mornings when I get ready to work. Even if my morning commute is 12 feet. 😄
I’m a bee everywhere except in my kitchen and bathrooms, I’m a cricket there. And thankfully my hubby is exactly the same!
🦗 here as well!!!
Almost 100 % ladybug here. Open storage drives me nuts. I need my home to be visually calm (chaos behind closed doors is still happening). I am so so glad I found Cas a couple of years ago.
That was a fun quiz, I'm a ladybug 🐞 This will help me tackle decluttering the hidden areas in my home.
Thank you! I took the quiz, and I'm also a cricket. This video helped me understand why some of the systems I've set up work for me, and others I've set up don't. Now I know what to do next. Yay!
Cricket married to a ladybug with a kid cricket and a kid ladybug and waiting on the rest to be old enough to figure out. I love including my kids in this. I tell friends that I won't help them organize things until they take the quiz. 😆
Ladybug. I need my shoes all out where I can see them, so I have nice shoe racks in my closet, but my underwear is in a drawer (not folded). If all my shoes were hidden, I’d forget about what I have. I’m going to change underwear daily 😂 so it can be away in a drawer. I have depression so I need the simplest way to get to done. Because of that I don’t fold things if they are need it, etc. It’s always a balancing act.
Thanks for sharing what the ladybug life looks like for you! 🐞
Wow, I watch only few channels on TH-cam and now two of them have a video together. 😍
Both of your presentations in the Get Organized HQ collaboration were top notch and this video with you and Cas was great too! I thought you might be a bee because you have an exposed closet in the entryway and your bookcases have glass instead of solid doors but I understand why you'd have that type of closet that is shared with the kids and the bookshelves also serve as display cases so of course they'd need to be visible.
Very interesting observations! For the entryway it was really tough to find a storage unit that fit there, so I think that was more of a forced choice - but it worked out great! I think it’s good if we can be adaptable, too 👍