I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at an organizing video!!! 😆 From the freezer and ICAA, to having trouble “changing,” and the husbandus clutterus. You’re hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣
Cas and the clutterbug styles were eye opening for me. Not only knowing my style but being able to identify my family’s styles has helped so much in trying to live harmoniously.
Definitely agree! I waited watching this video because I wanted to see the comments :) I've learned that I am a bumblebug - and that a lot of other people are crosses too. I also live with a butterfly... a very butterfly, butterfly. (Sorta reminds me of Ariel's husband). We are actively working on getting our space to work better together - and me getting my stuff together, so I can find things fast when he goes 'where are the new sponges? Where are my pants?' ...... the man didn't know he had two drawers worth of socks, he had them in so many damn places lmao
I completely agree! I even feel the need to tell everyone. It takes time to organize, but you feel you're in the right direction if you know your style! And clutter stops from growing so I get to eventually organize everything. Everybody should feel this way!
Knowing your style is incredibly helpful in living with our possessions. No more trying to be someone we're not and getting frustrated because we can't keep up with a system that doesn't work for us. Finding out I was a Ladybug with some Cricket tendencies has opened my eyes and made my life much easier.
I used to hang everything on the door handles around my house because Im a butterfly but now that I know that I've put over the door organizers and hooks up all over all the doors. It's not everyones idea of beauty or efficiency but all my life I just thought I was a slob and it turns out I just really like seeing my stuff and I like things I use all the time to be in the thresholds of rooms so I know they're there and can grab them easily as I leave a room. It's so nice to have my stuff on the back of doors but not breaking my door handles or preventing my door from fully opening or closing.
You talking about your husband actually really resonated with me. You said something about maybe he had been told for a long time that he was just a messy person which led to him not even want to try. That really hit me because my mom’s organization / housekeeping style is so different from mine. Growing up, she was very particular about it, and I was told many times I just wasn’t cleaning up to standard. Come to find out, I’m a very put together and organized person in my own style. It’s a good reminder that as homemakers, we need to be sensitive and aware of the styles of all those living in our home. We need to be willing to be flexible in order to support and encourage our children so that they can learn what works best for them as they enter adulthood.
That sounds a bit like my beau, nothing was ever good enough, then he lived alone/with room-mates, and it didn't matter at first..... and then it got overwhelming and he just didn't want to do anything. Now we've been living together for three years, and while I knew I hoarded, he didn't know he did, and he's really resistant to change. We're working on it together.
Finding Cas was a godsend for me, because it meant I discovered I was a butterfly, which meant finally knowing not just why I failed so badly to keep things organised but how I could fix that. Which we have been doing by among other things, we scrapped the standing wardrobes in our bedroom and created an entirely open plan clothes wall for me and an open Pax wardrobe for him being an also visual Bee. And its worked! Plus also must credit Melanie from A Hoarders Heart has helped me with the emotional side of dealing with clutter and also is a fellow butterfly. 🙂
Thanks for the channel rec. I need the emotional side too. I was already a pack rat but losing my son gave me stockpiling tendencies. 🫠 anyway. Off to process the trauma and embrace the future! 😂😂❤❤🎉🎉
Your husband is impressive for going along with the baskets and for modifying his behavior as best he could without going crazy. And you are impressive for be willing to stay in phase 1. You both seem to compromise respectfully very well :) Ps I’ve now learned I am definitely a butterfly and I think my parents are too. 3/4 of the closets in our have had their doors removed over the years. I think my sister is too, as her closets all have had their doors removed too!! 🤣🤣🤣 The thought of having stuff closed up behind a door gives me anxiety. The only ones I’ll tolerate closed are kitchen cabinets.
I have been following Cas for a while and am a proud ladybug! I wish someone would do for cleaning routines what she has done for organizing. It would make landing on the right routine easier! Thank you, Ariel, for trying them all for us!
Cass and the Clutterbug styles were life changing. I'm a 🦋 and have struggled my entire life. The only thing is she says we are worried we will forget about our stuff if we don't see it but I actually will forget about it if I don't see it 😂
I'm a butterfly-ish but what I really want to know is what bug is the mom with lots of littles who would love to put things away when she's done with them, but often has to tend to a child mid task and never gets back to it and all of a sudden it's time to make dinner and clean the dishes and nurse the baby and fall into bed before remembering she left the kitchenaid on the counter, the laundry on the couch, and all the homeschooling materials in the dining room table? That one is probably the centipede 🙃
Hahahahaha I was trying to think of a flitty bug like a dragonfly but it's totally a centipede. 🤣🤣🤣 A thousand things going on at once! You sound like me! Trying to keep things organised in the chaos with 2 homeschoolers and 2 toddlers 😅😅🥴🥴🫠🫠🤣🤣 We got this lol we'll morph into butterflies later, the days are long but the years are short. 🥰🥰🥰
I've been following Cas for about 15 years. I'm a cricket but I have to compromise and make everything in communal areas butterfly style for my husband and our son. The key is decluttering often, so there isn't too much overflowing out of their visual, large category homes to drive me as crazy.
This, too, shall pass. All too quickly. Enjoy the chaos, but do continually declutter and simplify. I just wish I had heard of “minimalish “ in about 1986. Makes everything easier.
I love Cass's and your videos. I'm so happy for this collab! I'm a butterfly in how I put down clutter (where it's easy to find), but I'm a butterfly in the sense that I don't want to see my stuff because I find it ugly and the visual clutter makes me feel overwhelmed. I've started using baskets with great success. I love how Cass says that the four bugs are divided by people who manage their time differently: two want to put things away quickly and are okay with taking extra time to find items, while the other two are willing to take time to put things away so they're able to find things quickly. I almost cried. I'm not lazy--I just use my time differently. What an amazing revelation!
Yes I loved that realisation about using time differently! My bf just drops things pretty much wherever ("Football squished into the book shelf, next to the cleaning spray and water bottle? Sure why not") while I get major anxiety if I don't find the thing I need right away and can't handle the stress of having to search. It's such a struggle 😩
Wow. I hadn't made that connection, about the searching. Searching makes me insane. And late all the time. I'd rather put it away up front, and walk right to it when I need it (bc I'm running late -- no surprise).
It took me a long time to figure out my clutterbug style, but the key turning point for me in figuring it out a year or so ago was her recommendation to look at areas of your home that you are pleased with and consistently function well for you. I found two small spots in my home that I really loved and were never an issue, and I had a revelation! Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I am SO a visual person and did not realize it at all. I had thought I was a hidden type because I’m easily overwhelmed by too many things, so I simply assumed I wasn’t visual. In reality, I want to see every last item I have out in plain view, I just want it to be non-chaotic and visually pretty. My solution to this, was to minimize the amount of items in my home and then to treat all items I have as decor, it just so happens that I can stir the soup with my decor LOL! I even have a rule for myself that if it can go on the wall somehow, then put it on the wall 😂. We don’t use closets anymore either, but have an open wardrobe wall. In the end, I think I’m a Bee in her system because I like to put things in pretty rows and decant stuff into jars and things. That revelation that day has changed my entire home! As for my husband, I’m not sure what he is, but he seems to be fine with using whatever visual system I set up, he’s just not as particular about how exactly things are placed, so maybe he’s a butterfly. Thankfully, if he sets something down out of place I don’t mind putting it back in the home I’ve created for it. The only time we run into issues is like your husband and the cards. If he has a project he hasn’t finished it sits out, and boy does that bother me! Thanks for the delightful video! It’s gotten me thinking about how to resolve that issue!
Cass's clutterbug system gave me great insight into how I should organize. I took the quiz quite a few times and I am always the same. I like that I understood why certain types of organizing worked best. I'm not perfect about it but it has really helped. By the way you are such a normal, relatable mom. And I mean this in the best way. I hope your channel grows much larger.
The genius thing about Clutterbug is, you don't have to constrain yourself to one type all over the house. :) I also had a hard time identifying my type, because I use strategies from all 4 bugs depending on what I am dealing with. (though my main type is a bee, I think) For example, for clutter I have yet to sort trough, I put in baskets and hide in a closet. For often used Items, I prefer very visual and easy to get out/put away. For my makeup/self care products, I use micro organizing. But for other things, for example off season clothes that is stored away, I use more macro organizing. Because here is the thing: different areas of the home have different requirements. So it makes a lot of sense to use different strategies in different areas of the house. :)
My space used to look like a home invasion crime scene. I had to walk across piles of mess of stuff and just have a corner on the bed for me to maybe sleep. Let me tell you, following the Clutterbug system helped me tremendously! It is easier to keep clean and STAY CLEAN if you are organized. A lot of organizers say that you should organize first then clean and I used to think that does not make sense. But they are right. Btw, I am a mix between Butterfly and Ladybug. I keep the items that I reach for most often within easy reach and inside an open bin. Everything else is out of sight out of mind but with labeling on the door to get a quick look of where is what. I have been keeping clean and organized with this system for several months now.
Ariel, I love your videos so much!! You are so creative, and you have an awesome sense of humor!! Cas is fantastic! I've learned that I have a different Clutterbug style for different areas of my home.
Same for me! I’m mostly a ladybug, but in the kitchen I’m a cricket. I have to be able to just grab something I need without looking in the kitchen. I hate it to go through the teaspoons and desert forks to find an espresso spoon (just an example). But I don’t mind going through a bigger bin with the label „dental“ to find new floss. 🤷♀️
Same for me also! I'm mostly a ladybug, but I'm a cricket in the kitchen and also with paperwork. Cas's big basket of paperwork makes me shudder lol! However, big baskets of anything else I love.
Cas is a gem! She’s so good at breaking things down so you can figure out your style, and she gives a lot of suggestions and explains the reasons behind them, so you know what to look for even if those specific suggestions don’t fit your situation. Hands-down, she’s the most helpful organizing guru I’ve found.
Ariel! Last night I literally thought excitedly when going to TH-cam, "Is Saturday yet?!?" Because I was so looking forward to watching your video~ thanks for brightening my day! 😃
Could you fit a fourth bin? The card bin looks like it can barely hold one week’s supplies. Maybe even two spare bins, so that when they go to the basement he can have some time to unload them the ways he wants before they have to immediately return back upstairs?
A fourth bin would fit if they were oriented vertically, and if they were oriented vertically there would be less space in front for things to sit outside the bins. Great video, love it!
all that 4th bin will do is allowing her husband to procrastinate more, he's going to need a fifth one eventually. trust me that's my husband about our laundry basket. 2 weeks he hasn't put his cleaned laundry away coz there's a spare we could use. the spare was supposed to be a replacement coz the other broke by the handle but still useable. just haven't thrown out the broken one. he used to put away his clothes when we only had one.
Two of my children and I have ADHD and watching you and your husband makes me think you could both utilize some of the same executive function resources and dopamine building ideas. Habits are very important and tying positive results to actions completed (even effusive praise) or adding fun or hygge ideas to make activities more appealing can help so much!
It’s good that you and your husband have macro in common. I’m a ladybug, and my husband is a bee/butterfly. He naturally organizes like a bee but has a hard time keeping up with his micro systems. He’s a stacker and a spreader, and a saver and collector. 🤦♀️ I’m a hider and a declutter-er. So there’s a lot of minimalist vs maximalist. I just compromise and figure there’s worse things in life. So, I put up with the skateboard decks (over 100 now) tools left everywhere, and tiny dragon ball-esque collectibles all over every surface of the computer/family room downstairs. I figure I can put up with all that because he takes care of yard work, car maintenance, plumbing, etc. We’ve got three teens, too, so I figure the house will never be ladybug perfect, or minimalist, but it’s mostly tidy, clean, and comfortable. I can live with that. 😁
Her bug system really works! I have always used transparent boxes and throw away the lid. When she talked about 4 types of clutter personality, I know exactly where to fit my clutter personality.
I love how this video showed solutions for both partners. My husband and I have very different styles as well and it’s so hard to find solutions that work for both 😅
Loved this and honestly long before Cass I read a book that said look at where you are putting like items and make it a suitable home there instead of trying to give it a new place to live. So if mail ends up continually in the same place give it a bin with things that need to be filed, things that need dealt with like bills and another for things that you will consider but ultimately will be discarded like coupons or weekly ads.
What a fun video! What about a card sorting tray/box for your husband? One with various dividers. The stacks of cards, make it look like he needs a more detailed system. But yes, the crunch point of any system is when it needs to be reset or emptied out from time to time. We always had the same problem with paper clutter.
Thank you so much! My baby is 8 months now, and i still gft depressed, but you're are so funny it lights up p my mood. My husband is also a butterfly. He is flying around the house and leaves stuff everywhere. As a ladybug I'm struggling. But i will try to be more patient witu him and myself. You're baby is adorable!!!!❤
Great video - I'm exactly the same as you - a ladybug with butterfly tendencies - and I think my partner is the same as yours. I've learnt that I have to organise our pantry in a way that works for a butterfly otherwise it gets sabotaged!
I love Cas and her helpful bug system. I REALLY love your creative and funny videos. I am curious if you were on speech team or in drama club, you are so, so good at these videos, funny, witty and informative. Thank you for your fun twist on life. I appreciate you.
I always wanted to be more involved in drama club but I was just so shy in High-school. I joined the drama club but because of how shy I was I didn't get any speaking parts. Cameras are easier than people 😉 Thank you for your compliments 😊
I feel this. I’ve been working to set up systems that work for me over the past few years. Then I got married. And my systems don’t work for my husband at all. Tried the bin thing, and it landed in his office, never to return! I’ve at least got him on board understanding that we need systems that work for both of us. So he is actually building himself a collection containment unit with a matching piece for his office so things can move back and forth quickly and easily without driving me bananas!
So important to work as a team and communicate without blaming. I had my husband take the Clutterbug test and he is a cricket just like me. If we can’t do it perfectly we don’t start so we are working on ‘good enough’ systems (until we can do it right).
I seem to remember Cas asking her followers who she should collab with. And I seem to remember suggesting you! I'm glad it happened! It was fun to see you two together!
I adore you and I also adore Cass. I'm so glad you had a consult with her. I'd love to have one myself. However, that toothbrush holder is genious, and I absolutely MUST have that in my life. Yesterday, if not sooner.
I've watched the clutter bug on TH-cam a few times. I'm pretty sure I'm just like your husband, but with way more horder tendencies. You clarified a lot she was trying to tell me. Now I'm still trying to figure out how to declutter my home but without buying new 'stuff' to organize with. I just know somewhere in one of my many piles there is something to help me organize my stuff without buying more stuff.
This is so similar to the recent progress that's been made at our house! My husband is a butterfly and I am a cricket. For a long time it was tough finding compatible ways of maintaining things, but when I finally learned more about butterfly tendencies and how to compromise better? Man, I'm still amazed that my husband has actually been "following the systems" quite well, and so have I, which makes it that much easier for me (and not annoying at all anymore, lol) to put away the handful of things that still get left out ☺️ Love your hilarious ways of making a point, haha...thanks for sharing new knowledge AND some good laughs 😉
AAAHHH YOU FINALLY DID A CLUTTERBUG VIDEO!! I have been her follower for about 3 years and 2 for you and I have been waiting for this day ever since i saw you were doing cleaning reviews
I decided to subscribe because you’re funny! And I like Cas very, very much because she has helped me very, very much.Great job on a fun and useful video!🎉
I saw a video of Cass literally yesterday and thumped up a comment of someone who suggested a collab with you. I thought how cool that would be... imagine my surprise seeing this video! What are the odds 😅 Awesome vid, loved it!
Taking Cas's quiz really changed my life. I'm also a ladybug but all the organizing columns I read were geared for visual organizers. Everything out and arranged by color. I thought it was so pretty but it drove my nuts and was impossible to keep neat. Finally realizing I need most things out of sight was a real game changer. Now I'm able to keep my small house tidy and organized at all times. I divorced a long time ago, but my ex was like your husband, everything had to be out at all times. I don't know if I would have been able to "retrain" him. 😅
I’m a ladybug. My mom and sisters are bees. They have always made fun of me for being “disorganized.” Come to find out, I just organize differently. It was so life giving to not feel judged anymore.
As a former Magic (that card game those cards are from) player, I was thinking those baskets would be too rough for the cards. And I noticed the paper that got added to line the baskets haha. Probably need a smooth basket for those. Then again I would also try to keep dust from landing on them.
Love this! My husband collects magic too! But he is a cricket with bee tendencies, so we bought a large dresser and place it right next to the bed, and has enough space to check and organize, that dresser has like a locker/mesh style so you can see through a little bit. Love that you hubby is a magic fan too
Maaaaaaagic! Weeee! Love it. :D The baskets are maybe a bit rough for the cards though. I personally wouldn't want to put them in a woven basket, so they stay pristine. But that is just me. I have a display case on the wall for my Magic-Collection. ;) Edit: Seeing the paper lining. Aaah, there we go. Better. xD
Clutterbug was the absolute game changer for me!! I never could figure why most of the recommended ways never worked for me, as I spent so much time trying each one! It was because those styles worked against ME instead of for or with ME! Most styles organize in a hidden way and I am visually driven! I even decorate with visual abundance and it makes my heart happy! I am autistic and a butterfly but when I get overwhelmed I get extremely detailed and nitpick. I clean/organize and micromanage in my home if I am stressed about things I can’t control. I always called it ‘productive worrying’ but it turned me into a workaholic with fibromyalgia. I never thought to connect it with my autism because I didn’t find out until I was 58! I love cleaning and organizing and Ariel’s videos make me happy!! (Cas keeps me sane!!) GREAT VIDEO!!
You and your hubby are quite entertaining while still getting the message across. I subscribed. :) Right! We have to recognize the truth with our spouses and praise them for what they can do. Bravo.
I've been following Cas for a long time and I love her, and you! This video was a great reminder that I need to consider my husband's and teenagers' organizational types. I'm a cricket and my husband and son are more likely butterflies. I have struggled to set up a system than works for them as well.
HAAAHAHAHAHHAAAAA....I'm having trouble getting started today. Was watching this in the background. ...."I need help. REAL help".... *insert man* where's this?...where's that!...FART* haaahahaaaa....I'm dying. Thanks. I needed that !
WOW! Cas is such a great, inspiring and knowledgeable Person! And she has such a positve energy! I just LOVED this video, thank you both for so much insight, info and inspo!!! It is very interesting to learn how we can shape our habits with such a simple gadget as baskets on the buffet... of course all habits are rabid dogs... But I like the idea of tackling them, and the mothods in this video make so much sense to me. Thank you!
I don't usually comment, but I really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much for sharing the toothbrush organizer. I have trouble with mess on my bathroom counter due to lack of space and maybe a few too many products...lol I didn't know these were a thing and I'll be buying one today.
I found Cas about 6 or so years ago. It’s been a journey!!! I’m still getting there… but it’s been awesome and I’m “staying up the end!” That’s where the giggles are!
For his cards, try hanging a shoe organizer on hooks on a wall or behind a closet door. He can still be able to sort his cards and take it downstairs easily. Install hooks for the sorter down there, as well.
my husband is also a butterfly. I happen to be a bee, so at least he and I both share the need to see our stuff. We have not progressed beyond stage 1, either, but I noticed that your husband's card bin seems too small for him. The cards are spreading out so he can see them. My husband likes to use pretty trays to keep his stuff. And they are bigger than the bins. They also allow him to see his stuff instead of being inside something he can't see through. I wonder if a clear bin that is a larger size might work better for your husband. And maybe if he had a space to work on his cards that is closer to where the buffet is it would encourage him to put the bin back instead of having to bring it back up from the basement. Good luck! My husband likes to throw his clothes on the floor next to the laundry hamper and to hang his coats and jackets on the kitchen chairs instead of putting them on the hooks in the entryway. Of course he would never open the hallway closet door and hang them up! I love him anyway and I know you love your butterfly too 😉
Your husband is a good sport. I have a butterfly hubby too and have been pushing baskets on him for years with minimal success. I am a cricket who sometimes does bee things.
Been with cas since 2013 when she started. Very proud of her, she & I have done a ton of work. I’m currently on year 2 of my decluttering and still watch her show. 🎉
I don’t think I’ve ever laughed so hard at an organizing video!!! 😆 From the freezer and ICAA, to having trouble “changing,” and the husbandus clutterus. You’re hilarious!! 🤣🤣🤣
"I've been waiting my whole life for someone to tell me not to clean..." was what got me. 😂
@@arizonashopper5095 omg YES that too 😂
The collab we never knew we needed 🥰
Cas and the clutterbug styles were eye opening for me. Not only knowing my style but being able to identify my family’s styles has helped so much in trying to live harmoniously.
Definitely agree! I waited watching this video because I wanted to see the comments :) I've learned that I am a bumblebug - and that a lot of other people are crosses too. I also live with a butterfly... a very butterfly, butterfly. (Sorta reminds me of Ariel's husband). We are actively working on getting our space to work better together - and me getting my stuff together, so I can find things fast when he goes 'where are the new sponges? Where are my pants?'
...... the man didn't know he had two drawers worth of socks, he had them in so many damn places lmao
I completely agree! I even feel the need to tell everyone. It takes time to organize, but you feel you're in the right direction if you know your style! And clutter stops from growing so I get to eventually organize everything. Everybody should feel this way!
This was a fun video I really enjoyed it
Knowing your style is incredibly helpful in living with our possessions. No more trying to be someone we're not and getting frustrated because we can't keep up with a system that doesn't work for us. Finding out I was a Ladybug with some Cricket tendencies has opened my eyes and made my life much easier.
I used to hang everything on the door handles around my house because Im a butterfly but now that I know that I've put over the door organizers and hooks up all over all the doors. It's not everyones idea of beauty or efficiency but all my life I just thought I was a slob and it turns out I just really like seeing my stuff and I like things I use all the time to be in the thresholds of rooms so I know they're there and can grab them easily as I leave a room. It's so nice to have my stuff on the back of doors but not breaking my door handles or preventing my door from fully opening or closing.
You talking about your husband actually really resonated with me. You said something about maybe he had been told for a long time that he was just a messy person which led to him not even want to try.
That really hit me because my mom’s organization / housekeeping style is so different from mine. Growing up, she was very particular about it, and I was told many times I just wasn’t cleaning up to standard. Come to find out, I’m a very put together and organized person in my own style.
It’s a good reminder that as homemakers, we need to be sensitive and aware of the styles of all those living in our home. We need to be willing to be flexible in order to support and encourage our children so that they can learn what works best for them as they enter adulthood.
That sounds a bit like my beau, nothing was ever good enough, then he lived alone/with room-mates, and it didn't matter at first..... and then it got overwhelming and he just didn't want to do anything. Now we've been living together for three years, and while I knew I hoarded, he didn't know he did, and he's really resistant to change. We're working on it together.
Cas is one of my favourites. Since discovering I'm a Ladybug my home functions so much better. Love this video 😍
Same 🥰
I love you and your husband so much! He is such a champ and I love how he supports you and adds so much silliness and humor to your videos!🫶
Finding Cas was a godsend for me, because it meant I discovered I was a butterfly, which meant finally knowing not just why I failed so badly to keep things organised but how I could fix that. Which we have been doing by among other things, we scrapped the standing wardrobes in our bedroom and created an entirely open plan clothes wall for me and an open Pax wardrobe for him being an also visual Bee. And its worked! Plus also must credit Melanie from A Hoarders Heart has helped me with the emotional side of dealing with clutter and also is a fellow butterfly. 🙂
Thanks for the channel rec. I need the emotional side too. I was already a pack rat but losing my son gave me stockpiling tendencies. 🫠 anyway. Off to process the trauma and embrace the future! 😂😂❤❤🎉🎉
Yup! Yup! Yup!
Your husband is impressive for going along with the baskets and for modifying his behavior as best he could without going crazy. And you are impressive for be willing to stay in phase 1. You both seem to compromise respectfully very well :)
Ps I’ve now learned I am definitely a butterfly and I think my parents are too. 3/4 of the closets in our have had their doors removed over the years. I think my sister is too, as her closets all have had their doors removed too!! 🤣🤣🤣
The thought of having stuff closed up behind a door gives me anxiety. The only ones I’ll tolerate closed are kitchen cabinets.
I have been following Cas for a while and am a proud ladybug! I wish someone would do for cleaning routines what she has done for organizing. It would make landing on the right routine easier! Thank you, Ariel, for trying them all for us!
The struggle to change pun was hillarious 😂
IKR? Didn't see that coming. I LOL so hard 😂😂😂
Cass and the Clutterbug styles were life changing. I'm a 🦋 and have struggled my entire life. The only thing is she says we are worried we will forget about our stuff if we don't see it but I actually will forget about it if I don't see it 😂
You and Cas are great together. Your husband is hilarious.
I'm a butterfly-ish but what I really want to know is what bug is the mom with lots of littles who would love to put things away when she's done with them, but often has to tend to a child mid task and never gets back to it and all of a sudden it's time to make dinner and clean the dishes and nurse the baby and fall into bed before remembering she left the kitchenaid on the counter, the laundry on the couch, and all the homeschooling materials in the dining room table? That one is probably the centipede 🙃
Hahahahaha I was trying to think of a flitty bug like a dragonfly but it's totally a centipede. 🤣🤣🤣 A thousand things going on at once! You sound like me! Trying to keep things organised in the chaos with 2 homeschoolers and 2 toddlers 😅😅🥴🥴🫠🫠🤣🤣
We got this lol we'll morph into butterflies later, the days are long but the years are short. 🥰🥰🥰
I've been following Cas for about 15 years. I'm a cricket but I have to compromise and make everything in communal areas butterfly style for my husband and our son. The key is decluttering often, so there isn't too much overflowing out of their visual, large category homes to drive me as crazy.
This, too, shall pass. All too quickly. Enjoy the chaos, but do continually declutter and simplify. I just wish I had heard of “minimalish “ in about 1986. Makes everything easier.
I love Cass's and your videos. I'm so happy for this collab! I'm a butterfly in how I put down clutter (where it's easy to find), but I'm a butterfly in the sense that I don't want to see my stuff because I find it ugly and the visual clutter makes me feel overwhelmed. I've started using baskets with great success. I love how Cass says that the four bugs are divided by people who manage their time differently: two want to put things away quickly and are okay with taking extra time to find items, while the other two are willing to take time to put things away so they're able to find things quickly. I almost cried. I'm not lazy--I just use my time differently. What an amazing revelation!
Yes I loved that realisation about using time differently! My bf just drops things pretty much wherever ("Football squished into the book shelf, next to the cleaning spray and water bottle? Sure why not") while I get major anxiety if I don't find the thing I need right away and can't handle the stress of having to search. It's such a struggle 😩
Wow. I hadn't made that connection, about the searching. Searching makes me insane. And late all the time. I'd rather put it away up front, and walk right to it when I need it (bc I'm running late -- no surprise).
It took me a long time to figure out my clutterbug style, but the key turning point for me in figuring it out a year or so ago was her recommendation to look at areas of your home that you are pleased with and consistently function well for you. I found two small spots in my home that I really loved and were never an issue, and I had a revelation! Ohhhhhhhhhhh, I am SO a visual person and did not realize it at all. I had thought I was a hidden type because I’m easily overwhelmed by too many things, so I simply assumed I wasn’t visual. In reality, I want to see every last item I have out in plain view, I just want it to be non-chaotic and visually pretty. My solution to this, was to minimize the amount of items in my home and then to treat all items I have as decor, it just so happens that I can stir the soup with my decor LOL! I even have a rule for myself that if it can go on the wall somehow, then put it on the wall 😂. We don’t use closets anymore either, but have an open wardrobe wall. In the end, I think I’m a Bee in her system because I like to put things in pretty rows and decant stuff into jars and things. That revelation that day has changed my entire home! As for my husband, I’m not sure what he is, but he seems to be fine with using whatever visual system I set up, he’s just not as particular about how exactly things are placed, so maybe he’s a butterfly. Thankfully, if he sets something down out of place I don’t mind putting it back in the home I’ve created for it. The only time we run into issues is like your husband and the cards. If he has a project he hasn’t finished it sits out, and boy does that bother me! Thanks for the delightful video! It’s gotten me thinking about how to resolve that issue!
Your husband walking in and looking at the baskets 😂😂 I really love your videos!
Cass's clutterbug system gave me great insight into how I should organize. I took the quiz quite a few times and I am always the same. I like that I understood why certain types of organizing worked best. I'm not perfect about it but it has really helped.
By the way you are such a normal, relatable mom. And I mean this in the best way. I hope your channel grows much larger.
Your videos are great! Favorite part of this one was your ice cream organization in the freezer! Priceless!
The genius thing about Clutterbug is, you don't have to constrain yourself to one type all over the house. :) I also had a hard time identifying my type, because I use strategies from all 4 bugs depending on what I am dealing with. (though my main type is a bee, I think)
For example, for clutter I have yet to sort trough, I put in baskets and hide in a closet. For often used Items, I prefer very visual and easy to get out/put away. For my makeup/self care products, I use micro organizing. But for other things, for example off season clothes that is stored away, I use more macro organizing.
Because here is the thing: different areas of the home have different requirements. So it makes a lot of sense to use different strategies in different areas of the house. :)
5:17 really caught me off guard and I choked as the laughter bursted out of me
My space used to look like a home invasion crime scene. I had to walk across piles of mess of stuff and just have a corner on the bed for me to maybe sleep. Let me tell you, following the Clutterbug system helped me tremendously!
It is easier to keep clean and STAY CLEAN if you are organized. A lot of organizers say that you should organize first then clean and I used to think that does not make sense. But they are right.
Btw, I am a mix between Butterfly and Ladybug. I keep the items that I reach for most often within easy reach and inside an open bin. Everything else is out of sight out of mind but with labeling on the door to get a quick look of where is what. I have been keeping clean and organized with this system for several months now.
Cas has changed my life. I have found peace of mind through her system. She is a game changer 😃
I love the honest analysis of how the organizing styles work in real life.
Ariel, I love your videos so much!! You are so creative, and you have an awesome sense of humor!!
Cas is fantastic! I've learned that I have a different Clutterbug style for different areas of my home.
Same for me! I’m mostly a ladybug, but in the kitchen I’m a cricket. I have to be able to just grab something I need without looking in the kitchen. I hate it to go through the teaspoons and desert forks to find an espresso spoon (just an example). But I don’t mind going through a bigger bin with the label „dental“ to find new floss. 🤷♀️
Same for me also! I'm mostly a ladybug, but I'm a cricket in the kitchen and also with paperwork. Cas's big basket of paperwork makes me shudder lol! However, big baskets of anything else I love.
14:26 Hello
I have an idea
Add an extra empty bin underneath your table so you may replace when the full one is place elsewhere (rotation)
Cas is a gem! She’s so good at breaking things down so you can figure out your style, and she gives a lot of suggestions and explains the reasons behind them, so you know what to look for even if those specific suggestions don’t fit your situation. Hands-down, she’s the most helpful organizing guru I’ve found.
Ariel! Last night I literally thought excitedly when going to TH-cam, "Is Saturday yet?!?" Because I was so looking forward to watching your video~ thanks for brightening my day! 😃
The label - less popular snacks - gave me a good giggle! And I'm a bee, btw. I LOVE Cass!
Could you fit a fourth bin? The card bin looks like it can barely hold one week’s supplies. Maybe even two spare bins, so that when they go to the basement he can have some time to unload them the ways he wants before they have to immediately return back upstairs?
A fourth bin would fit if they were oriented vertically, and if they were oriented vertically there would be less space in front for things to sit outside the bins. Great video, love it!
all that 4th bin will do is allowing her husband to procrastinate more, he's going to need a fifth one eventually. trust me that's my husband about our laundry basket. 2 weeks he hasn't put his cleaned laundry away coz there's a spare we could use. the spare was supposed to be a replacement coz the other broke by the handle but still useable. just haven't thrown out the broken one. he used to put away his clothes when we only had one.
What's a weeks worth of card supplies?
I literally cackled when you showed yourself struggling to change I’m still dieing😂😂😂
Your videos are my absolute favorite! You always go the extra mile to make them super entertaining.
That is the best stash of ice cream I have ever seen!!!! I love it!!! I'm So jealous, my six kids don't let a stash build up at our house.
Two of my children and I have ADHD and watching you and your husband makes me think you could both utilize some of the same executive function resources and dopamine building ideas. Habits are very important and tying positive results to actions completed (even effusive praise) or adding fun or hygge ideas to make activities more appealing can help so much!
It’s good that you and your husband have macro in common. I’m a ladybug, and my husband is a bee/butterfly. He naturally organizes like a bee but has a hard time keeping up with his micro systems. He’s a stacker and a spreader, and a saver and collector. 🤦♀️ I’m a hider and a declutter-er. So there’s a lot of minimalist vs maximalist. I just compromise and figure there’s worse things in life. So, I put up with the skateboard decks (over 100 now) tools left everywhere, and tiny dragon ball-esque collectibles all over every surface of the computer/family room downstairs. I figure I can put up with all that because he takes care of yard work, car maintenance, plumbing, etc. We’ve got three teens, too, so I figure the house will never be ladybug perfect, or minimalist, but it’s mostly tidy, clean, and comfortable. I can live with that. 😁
This video made me laugh so hard. You are awesome! Thank you for doing this! 😂
Yay! 2 of my favorite TH-camrs in 1 video! So glad you had Cas on. Her system has really helped me.
Along with the helpful organizing tips, I love seeing glimpses of your daily home life. ❤️ Hope you're all doing well, Ariel! 🎃🥰👻
Your ice cream 😂😂😂🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 That’s a life win!
I've loved Cas and her videos for years, and I've just found your channel, which is hilarious. Great match!
Her bug system really works! I have always used transparent boxes and throw away the lid. When she talked about 4 types of clutter personality, I know exactly where to fit my clutter personality.
I love Cass! You have the best people on your channel!
Love this. Now if there was a way to stay organized during the holidays in a multi faith family, that would be a miracle. Keep shining bright.
I love how this video showed solutions for both partners. My husband and I have very different styles as well and it’s so hard to find solutions that work for both 😅
Loved this and honestly long before Cass I read a book that said look at where you are putting like items and make it a suitable home there instead of trying to give it a new place to live. So if mail ends up continually in the same place give it a bin with things that need to be filed, things that need dealt with like bills and another for things that you will consider but ultimately will be discarded like coupons or weekly ads.
What a fun video!
What about a card sorting tray/box for your husband? One with various dividers. The stacks of cards, make it look like he needs a more detailed system.
But yes, the crunch point of any system is when it needs to be reset or emptied out from time to time. We always had the same problem with paper clutter.
Centipede!!!!!😂😂😂😂 ok I love that bathroom sink idea. My vanity is a mess at all times and it's all mine. Hubby has his own bathroom.
Thank you so much! My baby is 8 months now, and i still gft depressed, but you're are so funny it lights up p my mood. My husband is also a butterfly. He is flying around the house and leaves stuff everywhere. As a ladybug I'm struggling. But i will try to be more patient witu him and myself. You're baby is adorable!!!!❤
Definitely need to know your spouse’s style too!! I’ve been watching Cas for about a year now and have made awesome progress ❤
Great video - I'm exactly the same as you - a ladybug with butterfly tendencies - and I think my partner is the same as yours. I've learnt that I have to organise our pantry in a way that works for a butterfly otherwise it gets sabotaged!
I love Cas and her helpful bug system. I REALLY love your creative and funny videos. I am curious if you were on speech team or in drama club, you are so, so good at these videos, funny, witty and informative. Thank you for your fun twist on life. I appreciate you.
I always wanted to be more involved in drama club but I was just so shy in High-school. I joined the drama club but because of how shy I was I didn't get any speaking parts. Cameras are easier than people 😉 Thank you for your compliments 😊
You are tooo blinking funny thanks so very much for the giggles ...and another push to get something done❤
I feel this. I’ve been working to set up systems that work for me over the past few years. Then I got married. And my systems don’t work for my husband at all. Tried the bin thing, and it landed in his office, never to return! I’ve at least got him on board understanding that we need systems that work for both of us. So he is actually building himself a collection containment unit with a matching piece for his office so things can move back and forth quickly and easily without driving me bananas!
So important to work as a team and communicate without blaming. I had my husband take the Clutterbug test and he is a cricket just like me. If we can’t do it perfectly we don’t start so we are working on ‘good enough’ systems (until we can do it right).
You are my weekly motivation. I start my Saturdays with a smile
I seem to remember Cas asking her followers who she should collab with. And I seem to remember suggesting you! I'm glad it happened! It was fun to see you two together!
I love your new filming space! I watched the video so I know this is a corner of your bedroom. The background is so easy on the eyes!
Me too!!
I wondered when you were going to collaborate with Cas! I love her and have been following her for YEARS!!! Great video!!!
My favorite vlog with U + Cass ever! Came back 2 watch it a 2nd time. enjoyed it even more second time. !Be blessed. Ciao
Cas’s method is so down to earth and practical. I tried Kon Mari method for long time and never succeeded until I found Cas
You’re adorable!! I love your channel & sense of humor!
This was my introduction to your channel. Been following Cas for months. I like your style and have subscribed. Thanks.🎉
I adore you and I also adore Cass. I'm so glad you had a consult with her. I'd love to have one myself. However, that toothbrush holder is genious, and I absolutely MUST have that in my life. Yesterday, if not sooner.
I've watched the clutter bug on TH-cam a few times. I'm pretty sure I'm just like your husband, but with way more horder tendencies.
You clarified a lot she was trying to tell me. Now I'm still trying to figure out how to declutter my home but without buying new 'stuff' to organize with. I just know somewhere in one of my many piles there is something to help me organize my stuff without buying more stuff.
I just found you, you are a HOOT! Thanks for making me Smile...
This is so similar to the recent progress that's been made at our house! My husband is a butterfly and I am a cricket. For a long time it was tough finding compatible ways of maintaining things, but when I finally learned more about butterfly tendencies and how to compromise better? Man, I'm still amazed that my husband has actually been "following the systems" quite well, and so have I, which makes it that much easier for me (and not annoying at all anymore, lol) to put away the handful of things that still get left out ☺️
Love your hilarious ways of making a point, haha...thanks for sharing new knowledge AND some good laughs 😉
Your new filming spot is beautiful! That paint color is perfection.
AAAHHH YOU FINALLY DID A CLUTTERBUG VIDEO!! I have been her follower for about 3 years and 2 for you and I have been waiting for this day ever since i saw you were doing cleaning reviews
I decided to subscribe because you’re funny! And I like Cas very, very much because she has helped me very, very much.Great job on a fun and useful video!🎉
I saw a video of Cass literally yesterday and thumped up a comment of someone who suggested a collab with you. I thought how cool that would be... imagine my surprise seeing this video! What are the odds 😅 Awesome vid, loved it!
Thank you, Ariel, for another wonderful video. You are a beautiful lady inside and out. God bless you and your family 💓
Thanks Lindsay ❤️
Cass is so fun, love her. That was so fun you got to collab with her.
The new spot for videoing in your bedroom looks GREAT!!!!!
Taking Cas's quiz really changed my life. I'm also a ladybug but all the organizing columns I read were geared for visual organizers. Everything out and arranged by color. I thought it was so pretty but it drove my nuts and was impossible to keep neat. Finally realizing I need most things out of sight was a real game changer. Now I'm able to keep my small house tidy and organized at all times. I divorced a long time ago, but my ex was like your husband, everything had to be out at all times. I don't know if I would have been able to "retrain" him. 😅
I’m a ladybug. My mom and sisters are bees. They have always made fun of me for being “disorganized.” Come to find out, I just organize differently. It was so life giving to not feel judged anymore.
As a former Magic (that card game those cards are from) player, I was thinking those baskets would be too rough for the cards. And I noticed the paper that got added to line the baskets haha. Probably need a smooth basket for those. Then again I would also try to keep dust from landing on them.
Love this!
My husband collects magic too! But he is a cricket with bee tendencies, so we bought a large dresser and place it right next to the bed, and has enough space to check and organize, that dresser has like a locker/mesh style so you can see through a little bit.
Love that you hubby is a magic fan too
Maaaaaaagic! Weeee! Love it. :D The baskets are maybe a bit rough for the cards though. I personally wouldn't want to put them in a woven basket, so they stay pristine. But that is just me. I have a display case on the wall for my Magic-Collection. ;)
Edit: Seeing the paper lining. Aaah, there we go. Better. xD
The two organizers who always make me laugh - together. 🎉 👏🏻
😂😂😂😂 I love you, Ariel! Sending hugs. 💋
Clutterbug was the absolute game changer for me!! I never could figure why most of the recommended ways never worked for me, as I spent so much time trying each one! It was because those styles worked against ME instead of for or with ME! Most styles organize in a hidden way and I am visually driven! I even decorate with visual abundance and it makes my heart happy! I am autistic and a butterfly but when I get overwhelmed I get extremely detailed and nitpick. I clean/organize and micromanage in my home if I am stressed about things I can’t control. I always called it ‘productive worrying’ but it turned me into a workaholic with fibromyalgia. I never thought to connect it with my autism because I didn’t find out until I was 58! I love cleaning and organizing and Ariel’s videos make me happy!! (Cas keeps me sane!!) GREAT VIDEO!!
Same. When I discovered that sorting pencils for hours had nothing to do with how I organize 😂 because afterward everything went into one bowl.
This vid has my 2 fav organizers!! Cas from Clutterbug & Ariel from That Awkward Mom!! Loved it!
You and your hubby are quite entertaining while still getting the message across. I subscribed. :) Right! We have to recognize the truth with our spouses and praise them for what they can do. Bravo.
I LOVE Cas!!!
Your videos crack me up lol. Im glad your channel is taking off. Super happy for you guys
I love this collaboration. Both ladies are so funny and it's a delight to have them together. Great job!👍🏻
I have a friend who really really needs this. I’m going to give it to her.
I've been following Cas for a long time and I love her, and you! This video was a great reminder that I need to consider my husband's and teenagers' organizational types. I'm a cricket and my husband and son are more likely butterflies. I have struggled to set up a system than works for them as well.
HAAAHAHAHAHHAAAAA....I'm having trouble getting started today. Was watching this in the background. ...."I need help. REAL help".... *insert man* where's this?...where's that!...FART* haaahahaaaa....I'm dying. Thanks. I needed that !
i love this - creative ways to solve clutter problems - these videos help me think outside the box to solve my clutter problems
WOW! Cas is such a great, inspiring and knowledgeable Person! And she has such a positve energy! I just LOVED this video, thank you both for so much insight, info and inspo!!! It is very interesting to learn how we can shape our habits with such a simple gadget as baskets on the buffet... of course all habits are rabid dogs... But I like the idea of tackling them, and the mothods in this video make so much sense to me. Thank you!
I don't usually comment, but I really enjoy your videos. Thank you so much for sharing the toothbrush organizer. I have trouble with mess on my bathroom counter due to lack of space and maybe a few too many products...lol I didn't know these were a thing and I'll be buying one today.
Thanks Ariel!! I’m in the middle of decluttering and reorganizing. You always post the most positive helpful things!
Hahaha I love the narration for the husbandus clutterus!
Huge eye opener to me that I need open baskets/containers. BIG help
I found Cas about 6 or so years ago. It’s been a journey!!! I’m still getting there… but it’s been awesome and I’m “staying up the end!” That’s where the giggles are!
For his cards, try hanging a shoe organizer on hooks on a wall or behind a closet door. He can still be able to sort his cards and take it downstairs easily. Install hooks for the sorter down there, as well.
my husband is also a butterfly. I happen to be a bee, so at least he and I both share the need to see our stuff. We have not progressed beyond stage 1, either, but I noticed that your husband's card bin seems too small for him. The cards are spreading out so he can see them. My husband likes to use pretty trays to keep his stuff. And they are bigger than the bins. They also allow him to see his stuff instead of being inside something he can't see through. I wonder if a clear bin that is a larger size might work better for your husband. And maybe if he had a space to work on his cards that is closer to where the buffet is it would encourage him to put the bin back instead of having to bring it back up from the basement. Good luck! My husband likes to throw his clothes on the floor next to the laundry hamper and to hang his coats and jackets on the kitchen chairs instead of putting them on the hooks in the entryway. Of course he would never open the hallway closet door and hang them up! I love him anyway and I know you love your butterfly too 😉
Your husband is a good sport. I have a butterfly hubby too and have been pushing baskets on him for years with minimal success. I am a cricket who sometimes does bee things.
Ok. Wait. Is that what your freezer really looks like? Because if so, we should be friends. 😂
Been with cas since 2013 when she started.
Very proud of her, she & I have done a ton of work.
I’m currently on year 2 of my decluttering and still watch her show. 🎉
You are so much fun! 😂 I’m a ladybug here 🐞discovering this has helped me so much at home 😍