You are so pretty. Years ago and now you are very pretty. I struggled with acne since 18 after I had a facial and it never went away. As a cosmetologist and working on brides and shows where everyone would tell me I was the one that needed the makeup, boy, talk about dropping your self esteem and stepping on it. It's been hard to recover from that. The irony is now that I'm disabled and don't go anywhere I found a doctor that treated my acne and my skin is finally cleared. Lol that's life I guess . Just keep being yourself.
Oh my gosh! That woman 😂 First of allllll. You are beautiful! Gummy? What is that woman talking about? I envision she looks like Yzma from The Emperors New Groove 😂 I went through hearing how unattractive I was all through my school years. Outside of school people would say I was beautiful 🤔 Now that I’m wayyy out of high school. I am showing signs of aging. I use a great skin care line, take vitamins & try to keep up with hydration. Anyway, don’t go back there. I feel her marketing skills are just plain mean spirited.
Thanks loads. At 71years of age I have found out I am a Ladybug. Old Motto: There’s always a bigger Container. New Motto: If there’s too much stuff in the Container it’s because We have too much stuff. Decluttering, Donating & Destroying (aka Rubbish)
Great organizing and decluttering tips - but your encouragement at the end is priceless! And let me mention the flip side of how one comment can be so damaging - just one comment can be the encouragement someone needs! Sixty years ago, a sweet pastor's wife thanked a teenage boy who had given something to her by saying, "Thank you. You will be a good provider." That comment planted a flag in the heart of that boy, abused and unloved at home, and guided him as he grew. I've been married to him for 54 years, and he has been a good provider and has loved us all so well. It was a great lesson for us - look for opportunities to speak encouragement.
I’m so sorry that she got to you and made you feel self conscious about your smile. You have an absolutely beautiful smile. Your energy, smiles and laughter at so contagious! You’re very motivating and I absolutely love your stories at the end. Thank you for being you!
Oh my goodness, you are adorable just as you are! No fillers, no anything plastic or otherwise artificial needed. Your expressions, your energy, enthusiasm and vibrance all contribute to your beauty. Stay real, and genuine, and confident.
I live in a tiny house, and when my husband passed away, I realized how much stuff we had accumulated in just 5 years, so I have literally been decluttering for the last few weeks, I have donated 27 contractor bags of brand new stuff, it makes me feel good to give it to someone in need and to see my house again. I am also going to reconfigure my house and get rid of multiple appliances and replace it with one. Thanks for the inspiration.
Same here, husband passed away 4 yrs ago. Every year I go through the whole house again & get rid of things that as the only person in the house, that just isn’t being used. 3 weeks it was my small kitchen appliances, apparently, I owned half a kitchen store. Lol When I was still cooking for a family I used it. Just me, nope. We did one of the attics last week, I have 5. It feels so good to watch the things going to other people who can still get years of service out of them. It’s a difficult journey trying to make the house your own space, that there isn’t anyone else to consider when making changes.
I’m so glad that she mentioned The Home Edit is not for real life. I grew tired of watching that stuff and hoping one day I could do that nonsense. The Clutterbug method helped me figure out my organization style and my house is AMAZING now. Thank you!
Love you and your helpful tips, Cass! * Don't try to organize the whole house at the same time. (Decision fatigue is real!) * Sort into 2 piles: KEEP or GO. Then do the KEEP pile further. * Don't buy containers first without knowing its purpose. Only buy containers to fit the space or use/recycle something that you already have. * Don't try to aim for "Pinterest-worthy" right away. * Only organize for function! * Goal is to have it better than it was yesterday. * Don't try to organize clutter... ¹. Declutter first, ². Organize! Only have things in your home that you use and love.
This video was perfection! I needed the reminder that my organization doesn’t need to be visually perfect. I wasted so much money last year trying to achieve this and ended up less content than ever. Also, I have never thought anything about your smile other than it looks joyful and genuine, which means it’s beautiful. I also didn’t know a “gummy smile” was a thing, and tbh I’m still not convinced it’s a thing. I’m glad you see the humor and ridiculousness of it, but I’m legit angry for you. How DARE someone tell you that the reflection of your happiness doesn’t look like her ideal.
Free container ideas without visual clutter: reassemble shoeboxes and other cardboard boxes inside out; add a pretty label. For kitchen canisters, tear the label off of oatmeal round tubs - theyre plain cardboard underneath; add a pretty label. So much easier than getting stickers off of jars, the wide mouth makes it easy to scoop into, and they're all matching and opaque for those of us who dislike visual clutter.
As someone with adhd I thought I could never have a clean and organized home. I thought I would be stuck forever in a cycle of getting everything set up and organized just for it to be messed up again. Seeing you (a woman with adhd) not only succeed but thrive through organization is so refreshing and motivating. If you can do it why can’t I? You’re videos have given me the confidence to try and take my life back from my stuff. Thank you so much, great video and great channel!!!
Wow, I did too! Just today and here I click on this video and you are the first comment! You go Susan! And I haven’t cleaned my bathroom in ... ... ... Er... it’s been awhile. That is because I watched one of her videos last night. 😆 of course I can hardly walk through my room, but my bathroom is now immaculate. 😆😆😆
Oh my stars girl. I laughed out loud several times and you are the most practical, unpretentious, fabulous organization guru I’ve ever watched. Definitely subscribing.
I came to say the same! Love love love the creative utilization and excessive use of the word 'crap' 😂 also her ripping into the fake Pinterest photos! I love her transparency ♥️ will also subscribe.
It’s as if you’ve been watching me attempt to “organize” for the last 30 years. As someone who recently started decluttering, I can honestly say it makes a HUGE difference. All the difference in the world. I love your videos - informational, funny, pure gold.
Joshua Becker has great tips on decluttering. Like Questions to ask when decluttering. Do I need it? Why do I have it? What would I use if I didn’t have it?
Thank YOU, Celeste, for adding this comment. I have been attempting to organize for almost as long as you and felt like such a failure b/c it had been so long and I hadn’t done it yet. Thanks to Cass, I’m on the right track now.❤️ to both of you. (And Cass, I have a “gummy” smile that I’ve always been self conscious about. I can’t imagine what that lady would have said to me!)
I have been trying to get my best friend to declutter, because he says he wants to, and has seen how I live. We’ll start a room, like his office, but, he doesn’t follow the next part of decluttering, which is: don’t let it get that bad again. I try telling him to throw out trash, papers no longer needed, empty boxes and envelopes, bubble wrap (he buys a lot of stuff), etc. Falls on deaf ears. It’s easier and faster, and less stressful to pick up, and get rid of trash as it’s made, than wait for the room to get overwhelmed again.
Your enthusiasm for organization is seriously infectious! I just want to say that as someone with ADHD your videos are actually helping me declutter and get organized - which in turn is super helpful for actually managing my ADHD. Also PS I think both your nose and smile are wonderful :].
Oh my God, Cass, I loved your imitation of the doctor. Your smile is lovely, don't even sweat it! Also I'm proud to say that I was in Target yesterday and I wandered into the storage bin aisle and looked at all the different bins and baskets, but I left without buying any of them because I knew I wasn't done decluttering first.
My mother went to a new doctor at 70. He took one look at her and said, “I can tell you’ve laughed a lot!” He was absolutely right! She also had a wonderful sense of humor and an easy way with people, yet she was always insecure about the wrinkles. That one remark made all the difference to her! Me? I'm hoping to eventually look like Maggie Smith - another woman who takes no prisoners and sees the humor in life!
Just so you know, YOU are totally my therapy!❤️. I always feel better, more inspired, more capable, & more resilient after watching one of your episodes! Good for you about listening to yourself first and foremost before letting an esthetician (or whatever the dr was) tell you how you should look. You have a beautiful smile! I’m so glad you decided to keep it!
You are such a crack up to watch, I just love your humor and presentation. The end of your video was a message just for me today and I thank you. You are a beautiful girl just as you are and I’m happy you didn’t fall into the Botox trap! Thank you for what you do 💕
You’re SO right. It took me an entire day to clean out under my bed. An entire day to clean one small closet. Don’t kid yourself- it’s exhausting and takes a lot of time
Omg, Crap- alanche is my new favorite made-up word!! 😂😂 That needs to be on a tee-shirt. Love your videos Cass. I've been following you for 5/6 years now and I'm convinced my house would be in a lot worse state if not for you. Thanks for always reminding us to keep getting rid of things. 💗
“Let’s practice not caring what other people think” - priceless. You’re very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your experience. It’s so life affirming to hear your ‘this is how real people are’ clutter insights. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has too much stuff and clueless about how to deal with it. We just weren’t taught how! Until now. 🥰
My mother’s voice sticks in my mind; everything must have it’s place. That has helped me but I struggle because of time. It definitely helps me not get too out of control. 😃
I’ve watched almost all of your videos and I neeeeeeeed more decluttering videos! You are the ONLY one I could listen to all day and not once get annoyed 😂😂😂
Thanks for another great video! And, Kudos to you to not fall for that shallow doctor's marketing ploy to make herself richer by making patients self esteem and bank accounts poorer. She didn't realize that she was dealing with a beautiful, strong, fierce confident woman who didn't need her piddly, insignificant validation. You and your videos add to our lives. You add value to our lives. You help me so much. Keep being exactly as you are! 😊
I don't know if you've said it before, but "organizing for the space instead of the stuff" pretty much blew my mind. This is my lunch break... How am I gonna finish my work with a blown mind? This just keeps repeating in my brain like a mantra. And there is NOTHING wrong with your smile. Please! You are lovely, Cas!
The 'don't buy containers before you have a purpose for them' is THE ONE. I measured a set of badly used drawers (after throwing out the crap that was in them), and spent a week shopping around for containers that would fit them exactly. I didn't care what they looked like, I just cared about the measurements. I found them (metal shower organisers in the end!), I used string to make compartments in them, and now I have all my art pens organised in my drawers, separated by type and colour. JOY.
I love the looks of your big American homes and kitchens, but as a renter, most European apartment(s) and their kitchens are tiny compared to those. Kitchen islands ? A dream, but they don't fit, at all. All I have is the teeny tiny space between sink and oven. Usually I end up putting things and doing the cutting of vegetables on the sink. So regardless of the 'do or don't I like the furniture therein' the more important question is: what does fit in ? Narrow shelves are a challenge. So in the end you don't mind about aesthetics anymore, just the size. Once in a blue moon both fit, yeah.
Sometimes I watch Hoarders for motivation to declutter because I don't want my house to end up looking like *that* house. And what I've realized is shifting my mindset is possibly more important than getting rid of stuff.
I watch Hoarders when I feel stuck getting rid of stuff. I’ve found listening to the mental health professional’s guidance to the clients about parting with items helps me (especially all the things I have attached sentimental value to).
As a self proclaimed hoarder I’ve watched all those shows too. They can be helpful. One of the doctors, David Tolin coauthored a book “Buried in Treasures.” Really good at helping you change your views about the things you keep so you can learn to let things go. ❤
To quote Eleanor Roosevelt, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. You look great. Thanks for all the tips on organizing. I’m very slowly decluttering my home 🙂
I like Eleanor Roosevelt and I know her statement is meant to be inspirational but, to me, her comment feels like "blaming the victim". People can definitely bully us and make us feel inferior.
@@leilajane4015 The point is that we can allow someone's opinion of us to haunt us or we can brush off their comment and not give it a home in our mind. Our youth need to be empowered with this thought. It might prevent so many tragedies due to bullying.
Decluttering one drawer or one small space at a time is so amazing! Thanks Cas. Words are powerful. We can choose to use them to lift one another. You go Girl! You are beautiful (and hilarious in the best way!) Apparently you are loved and appreciated by all of us here. 🤗
"Crapalanche" 😆 I used to have a closet like that, too! And the t-shirt with "everything in its crappy place" is hilarious. Thank you for adding the visual! 🤣
Cass, I say it too many times but, I say it again. You make me feel so normal and that helps me so much. HUGS! Thanks for being a part of my journey. I will also add, in case you wonder how you have so many views and not as many likes. I think its bc people put you on their TVs to watch and its not as easy to "click" the like button. 8K views in an hour is impressive!
I love that you aim for functional organization, not just aesthetics. I like things to be pretty, but I hate when it’s so perfectly pretty that it’s unrealistic no longer functional for life. Thank you for saying that!
THIS IS YOUR BEST VIDEO! I have followed you for YEARS! Thank you for being real. So many times I've tried to "color code my life" and felt awful and like a failure to my family. This was just what I needed to get out of this funk! You're the best Cass! Keep up the REAL! ALSO you look fabulous just the way you are! Stop going to crazy pants lady! 😂
I never commented...I have been watching all your videos for 3 years now... But....arghhhhh! Your smile is awesome! You're a beautiful woman... please don't try to change yourself again! You're our favorite just as you are , or just as you will be 10-15 years from now on! Love you! 🤗
I almost cried. I called my husband into the room and said, "This woman knows all about me!" When the bin part came up, my husband said, "Yeah! Yeah! Did you hear that? Did you hear what she just said?" It was so funny how right she is. 🤣
Oh Cass, I love you!!! Keep your crap in it’s crappy place! 😂😂😂 I relate 100% just put the stuff away. Your clutterbugs, Dawn’s minimal mom Decluttering and Dana aka Slob comes Clean’s container boundaries have changed my life! ❤❤❤ love all your ideas and guidance 😊
I told a youngish woman at the shops the other day that her hair was absolutely gorgeous ❤ she thanked me and said I had made her day…never miss a chance to raise people up.
I do that too! I even have told men...the other day one of the clerks at the store had absolutely gorgeous red hair and I told him so too! He really appreciated it .
This is the best organizing video!! You spelled out exactly why organizing hasn't been working for me! I'm also trying to help my parents declutter and organize their house. The process is exhausting and I just want to give up. Breaking it down to "keep or don't keep"!! So simple!! Thank you!!
Lisa Michele don't give up. We can do it! I am motivated by this video. I've tried just about everything else. There was a cute show once where I saw this girl cleaning out her garage. When she picked up an item she was ready to dispose of, she looked at it and hollered "get out of here!" as she threw it into her yard. I guess it was a motivational thing. It was hilarious!!
So I just found your channel within the last month and the funny thing is I have been organizing for butterflies and ladybugs for years and have felt so insecure until I found this. I was insecure because when I look at the people homes of the members of my family who are bees or grasshoppers because they organize “the right way”. They can use drawers and closets “the right way” and they don’t have cube organizers and hooks in literally every room in their homes. Needless to say I have found that my biggest critic has always been me but this channel has helped me truly except my organization style and not be ashamed of it.
@@Clutterbug Cass, it would be awesome to see you do a video where you challenged yourself to use only boxes/free stuff like you mentioned in this video to organize someone's place... truly on a budget, especially with prices so high, instead of Container Store, Walmart, Target, or even $Tree bins! Can you "Make it so?"
Cas, kudos to you for not falling for that dr’s shameful marketing tactics. You are more beautiful than you can believe-God doesn’t make junk! And your compassion and care for others shines through in every video. You’re already gorgeous on your own (I.e. if I’d never watched a video) and your LOVE only enhances your natural beauty. 🤗 I think of you as a daughter and wish you the best!
Cass, this was one of your most life-transforming videos!!! I’m deeply thankful and encouraged by your transparency! Our world needs that and the freedom that comes with only owning what we truly use and love! Stay encouraged!!!
Hi Cas, I’m from France. Your videos are famous beyond borders. 😊 Your energy has spilled over up to here because now I work less and achieve more and that makes me so happy. I’m a bee and was a serious procrastinator. Thanks to you I now know why and that behaviour disappeared! I wish you all the best. Love you. Simone
I freakin' love your honesty!!! This video was literally a friend that sat down with me and said, "Arlene, get your s&*$ together!" I appreciate it, thank you Cass!!!!
Omg!!! I was like”wow how does she know my little dirty secrets ???” Hahahaa she just described me But I really Need every single word she said, I love you all! 🥰
This makes me laugh because I have torn my house apart so many times in the name of organization and end up shoving things back into the same space....yep, I am guilty of buying way too many storage bins, which btw, are still empty 🙄😂
Great advice. I’v been organizing my clutter in pretty containers for years and not getting the results I want. Now I know what to do to actually get organized. Thanks for the help I really needed !
This is one of your best videos Ever!! I absolutely love the real and raw breakdown of how various outlets such as social media are fake or staged to be perfect. As a chronic over thinker/ perfectionist in progress, it can be overwhelming to try to be more aesthetically pleasing to everyone but ourselves. Comfort has been my mantra this year and thanks to you, Dana and Dawn I have been really tackling the harder stuff and enjoying a simpler space with less stuff in it (occasionally organized as well 😮🤯lol). Thank you for being an inspiration-I truly appreciate you!!!
"Organize for your space, not your stuff." Why do i feel so stupid that i actually NEEDED to be told this?! It feels so dumb for "hey, you just have too much stuff, how about just keep what you need" to be an A-ha moment! 😂
Cas, you hit the nail right on the head with this end story. When I was maybe 17 or 18 years old, my mother woke me (I was working nights in a pub) and said that she would help me pay for a nose job, should I want one. It was not something that I had EVER considered. She thought that was the reason I was wearing my hair with bangs over my eyes. To this day - I am now 57 years old - I am totally paranoid about my nose - even tough my lovely husband says he cannot see anything wrong with it. You would think I could get over it, wouldn't you?!! Thank you so much for all of your insights. I really appreciate your words. Love you to bits.
Noses, noses, noses!! My father offended me by saying that I look better from the front than from the side. And that my ears aren't that small. (When they are perfectly fine! Even I think they are perfectly fine. For crying out loud!) I suspect nobody ever made any such remarks about *his* appearance. The strange things people say ...! What kind of world are we living in?! Things are becoming stranger by the minute, so hopefully more and more people will be inspired to think for themselves and take a stand!
Cass! You are beautiful and wonderful! Thanks for all you share. I discovered your channel in November. After listening and absorbing your tips for weeks, I began decluttering the first of this year. I also recognized ADHD tendencies in myself through your sharing about ADHD and was recently diagnosed and treated for adult ADHD. LIFE CHANGING! And I have you to thank for that! As of today, I have decluttered about 40% of our stuff. I'm a ladybug, so you'd never know every drawer and cupboard and closet were stuffed to the gills. The most amazing thing is my packrat hubby is noticing the difference and has begun parting with 60 years of memorabilia! This is none short of miraculous! Thanks, Cass, for keeping it real. Sharing your life. And making such a huge impact on my life :)
YES, Use Kleenex and shoe boxes for storage containers! Especially when you’re first figuring out what needs storing and where. You may end deciding to relocate tools to a better place, or grouping things differently - which store-bought, pricey bins and containers would discourage. They just become a deterrent to organization, and an unnecessary expense. And clutter in themselves!
Too funny! I raided my cardboards recycling bin last year for temporary sorting bins in my hard to reach cupboards. Shredded wheat boxes, maxipad boxes, tissue boxes, tea boxes, anything that would fit in my awkward shelces to seperate medications, essential oils, dog things, cat things, Of course whenever i opened the doors it drove me nuts because the amount of different shapes and colours was making my brain buzz. So i covered them in a lovely patterned shelf liner vinyl. They are still there! Hahaha. Whatever works, so long as it works!
I have watched so many videos on TH-cam about cleaning up but never came across anyone who gives real advice and so many times I laughed at what you said because that’s exactly what I was doing all this time and it’s like how did she know. Love your cleaning advice and how you explain everything according to real life. God bless you and your family. ❤❤❤❤
I just had to say thank you!! Really!!!! THANK YOU!!!! Thank you for your honesty, thank you for being real, thank you for hitting the nail on the head. "Organization doesn't get you more space, getting RID of things does!!!" Such a simple statement with something so difficult to comprehend!!!! I just adore you and your channel. God Bless you! Oh and by the way no cosmetic surgery is needed!!! You look great!! And don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
For me, it when you're feeling pretty good and someone says "Are you ok? You look tired." Or "You look pail". Deflates me immediately. Love the channel, love the tips, love your face the way it is!!
Just to say, it could just be that you were wearing different make-up, or an unflattering color (that happens a lot and we don't even realize it), or the lighting is unflattering. There was probably nothing wrong with the way you looked.
One of the best videos on tips & tricks about organizing one's house I've ever seen. And her charisma and humor helped make total sense of it, so clear and easy to follow. Thank you!
Wow, this video is eye opening! Everyone needs to see this video. I love organizing, but I realize now, with this video, how much time I’ve wasted doing it “wrong!” And yes, I totally agree about the Home Edit’s way of organizing by color… who has crap in all colors of the rainbow!? It’s unrealistic and setting people up for failure. Organize for your “real” life, not the life you see on tv or the internet. You’re the best! ❤
While reading your comment I had another idea too: packaged food with lots of colors screams of marketing. And generally all packaged food is no food, just stomach filling. Real food is food what our great great great grandmother would recognize as food. The rest is just a product.
I have watched The home edit, and yes it was fun at first, but after a while I was horrified looking at the celebrities and their overabundance and the gigantic pantries and all the sugary snacks and cereals etc. I'm not used to that big spaces/storage and so much of everything. And almost no one decluttered anything. I understand that not everyone live like the families on tv, but it was very weird, like The home edit way of organizing could apply to anyone. I'm gonna try to organize my black clothes in rainbow order. ;) Thank you Cas for keeping it real!
CASS! This video is LIFE CHANGING!!! This is IT. I can do it now. I’m pretty good at organizing but this was ALL I needed to hear to really, finally get it done. THANK YOU!!!
I love this list!! I'm a fantasy cricket, but functional ladybug! So getting things done can be hard! Like my clutterbugs are dueling to the death of me! 😂 So this list is just what my crazy critter brain needed! 🦗🐞⚔️ Also, you have an amazing smile and a beautiful face! Our Creator knew just what He was doing when He shaped and molded you! Don't let the mean little botox lady bully you! ❤
"I'm not buying my kids' school snacks based on the color of the package." THANK YOU!!! Ugh, I too sometimes get caught up in pinterest worthy visions of what my home "should" look like. This will now forever be my call back to reality 😂
I’ve made all these mistakes in organizing. I’ve even taken a couple of these mistakes to a new level (like putting each small pile into ziplocks, placing the ziplocks into a prematurely-purchased storage container, then filling the empty drawer with a new collection of random crap). You’ve shown me the error of my ways lol and I’m feeling encouraged to try organizing in a better way. Thanks so much!
Not "girlie with the hair and makeup" and yet you look stunning and your hair is more polished than mine has been all year...you are too cute ☺ Thank you for your videos...they are really helping this PackRat 🤗
This video is so helpful, especially the rule about not organizing clutter. I live in a small apartment and have lots of things for my job as a freelance audio engineer so I have to be extra diligent. A long way to go, but videos like this keep me motivated. Thank you. As for the ending, my rule of thumb is to not listen to anyone who tries to shame me into something. And btw, I truly don't get the "gummy smile" comment. Your smile isn't gummy, it's beautiful!
I was very hesitant to watch this considering I've watched so many "organization" videos and end up absolutely discouraged 😞 however, this mashes so much sense and gives me hope that I can get my life together 😆 also, you're pretty entertaining ❤️
Cass, you always speak to my heart! I grew up in a hoarded house. It really affected me as a child. I'm always afraid the house will get away from me and become as it was as a child. Irrational, I know, but it is what it is. As an adult, I went polar opposite and have to have everything extremely organized. Even to the point that it is stressful. When sorting, seeing a lot of items scattered at once causes paralyzation for me. So your advice is VERY valuable to me, as always, but this one is probably my favorite. I appreciate how you break it down in little steps and give the hard truth. And I appreciate YOU! You are beautiful, smart, and oh my gosh, funny! I'm so glad you know you are enough and don't need that face stuff! God bless and thank you for what you do! ❤
I am glad to have watched till the end: You are a stand up comic at heart!!!! Thank you for denouncing the fake everything; fake house, fake face, fake photos! Heck! Fake friends! Friends like us the way we are and they will be there when life pulls the rug under your feet. This is the best organizational video I saw in a long time!
First off I'd like to say this video was a lifesaver! Thank you so much because everything in this video that you said don't do I was doing! I was literally watching this video with my jaw on the floor saying oh my goodness I do that, thank God she's teaching me not to do that. I'm totally going to organize much differently now. Second I would definitely like to say there's absolutely nothing wrong with your smile or your face!!! You have a beautiful smile with beautiful healthy-looking gums!!! Everything that's on your face fits your face perfectly is proportionate and you're perfect the way you are. I believe in God and that people are made in the image of God therefore you are beautiful and perfect the way He made you! We as women are our worst critics, and other women can be our worst,worst critics. Girl ain't nothing wrong with your face! You're amazing! Thank you for your content and sharing your gift of organization with the world!😁
A piece of advice that really helped me (I wish I could remember where I heard it from) is to only store things if they are equal to the amount of space they take up. For example, if your house is $75/sq ft and you’re storing a 1x1 box, it needs to have $75+ worth of stuff in it. The old towels…gone. Old shoes…gone. Grandma’s silver cutlery…keep. It makes it easier to determine what’s worth storing and what is not worth the space it’d take up. Hope that makes sense and that it helps someone.
Sounds good in theory, but for some people this would devolve into them looking around and swapping out their mountains of junk for way too many “collectible” $100 figurines or something similar. They’d still have way more clutter than their space could comfortably fit, just now instead of a pile of old linens it would be a giant cabinet they bought to hold a mass of figurines, or expensive handbags, etc.
I’m sorry this is not good advice. It should be determined by how useful it is or how you enjoy it. I used to have expensive crap I never used and while decluttering I could sell them. Also I have cheap stuff that I genuinely like or use on a regular basis that is worth keeping. If you don’t like grandma’s cutlery and you never use it, maybe just sell it even though it’s expensive. If you really like this big whatever then keep it even though it’s cheap 🤷🏻♀️
@@noshka I was referring to things like tangles of cords, empty phone/tech boxes, and stuff being saved for “one day”. Example: I got rid of huge stand mixer I literally only used for Thanksgiving and got a hand mixer instead.
Interesting idea. And it's different for everyone. Example: Had I not had a plethora of old towels, I would've been up sht creek without a paddle when we had a sewage backup in our basement. Thank God I hoard old linens! Also, old sheets saved money when moving, as I didn't need to go out and buy bubble wrap. No newspapers in this house to use instead, either.
When I'm moving I use every piece of soft goods in my house before I buy bubble wrap. Also i have huge rolls of paper that I got from a friend in the printing business.
Love this video. I've decluttered all the 'easy stuff'. Now I need to tackle the harder things. I'm going slow, but OUT is OUT, and every little bit feels SO MUCH BETTER. Thanks to you, Dawn (Minimal Mom) and Dana (A slob comes clean), I can breath again. 💝
Remember, progress, not perfection. It’s your home. You work at your pace. Unless you’re moving (and believe me, it’s 1000 times easier once you’ve decluttered), there’s no clock.
Thanks for sharing this! And my kids always used to remind me to exhale, so your comment about breathing again is awesome! I have always been able to inhale, but my anxiety keeps me from exhaling!🤣
Can't tell you how much I needed to hear this!!! I don't have an interior design bone in my body but with 2 toddlers, a hubby, and full time demanding job, I NEED to focus on function instead of pinterst worthy spaces.
Thank you for sharing that story! I’ve been having a hard time with my aging looks and actually had thought how great you look and how could I be more like you and just put myself together (bye bye messy bun and leggings). So you’re looking great in my book! But yeah, you’re right, it was really about you, it was about her and how to earn an income. Sad that she relies on bringing others down to support herself.
It took me a couple of days to click on this video because I didn't want to know the WRONG way to organize my home! But of course you followed up with the RIGHT way to do things. THANK YOU! I learned so much. My sister has come to help me organize a couple of times, but we have just ended up organizing my crap, and I know I need to declutter, but never know where or how to start. So, thank you for the free download, too! It has given me great guidance on how to tackle the clutter in small bites. And I love always staying to the end of your videos and hearing the little extra things that you share. Please don't go back to that "doctor." (If she really IS a doctor!) You are so beautiful, and no, you do NOT have a gummy smile! I'm 67 years old and have way more wrinkles than I would like, but I will never let some quack shoot botox or filler into my face. I'll just be me. Thanks for all you do. You are so inspiring and motivating! ❤❤❤
It's so awesome your sister has come to help - and now you'll have more of a plan! Last summer my daughter and her hubby came over a number of times to help me declutter and decide what to keep (mostly store!) They are building me a Granny Flat in their back yard, and soon I'll be curating what goes into the new space! He was great at outside stuff, and hauling rooms to storage or away... while she kept me on track with sorting and decision making! It was awesome to have someone else drop things off, and just do the sorting. The garage held some of my daughter's things, and items from my folks (who died 17 and 30 years ago!!) It was wonderful to share memories and pick out treasures with someone who also loved them - and we helped each other let other things go that we didn't need! Some we set aside for her brother (he lives farther away, and was busy with his own life) or other family members. A real treat was when our realtor saw the pretty Blue Danube dishes my father- in law gave me ~ 50 years ago - loved but long just sitting in the tall cupboards - I'd put them on the porch in the more precious 'give away'/ section. She loves blue and white China, and immediately asked if she could buy them!! So they will be loved, and it was a no stress way to pass them on! My biggest tops are to work in manageable blocks of time (set a timer!) And when you're working on your own, use the 'body double' touch of purging on a podcast or calling your sis! And do take breaks
“If you can’t find somewhere to shove it, you have too much stuff”….I needed to hear that! I have containers I cleared out of a drawer about 4 months ago (OMG I didn’t realise it was so long ago!!) that have “lived” on my kitchen bench ever since. Time to say goodbye to them I think 😂
First of all, you have a beautiful and real smile! Don't ever let anyone tell you differently. Second, I've been decluttering and it's been going well. The only room I seem to fail in is my craftroom. Cause I love everything in there and it's so hard to get rid of stuff. I know I have things I hardly use that should make way for the things I use often, but I can't seem to do it. I keep opening bins and closing them again, cause I don't want to decide.
I feel your pain!! I love my craft room and every supply I have!! Its packed tho and hard to get projects done. I did box up one big box to send to my cousin, it felt good knowing she would appreciate the stuff I hadn't used. The struggle is real!!
Can you put some things in a box and hide away for a month to see if you miss it. Maybe things that are half used or everything blue or a handful of things that are at the bottom of every bin. Try it you might like a more decluttered space.
@@Staceyintampa I donated a few things to a charity shop last year. But that was about the only things I could think of to donate. But I know there is more that I should declutter. It's in unmarked bins and I forget I own it. Then I see it and want to keep it hahaha.
@@scara1859 I also want to put some shelves in my small build in closet. Put bins there with stuff I hardly use. Then after 3 months, if it's still not used, it can go. Make space for paper, stamps and dies and other things I use most of the time.
You are changing my life at 46, in a real way not a bandaid. I have cried at several of your videos. You are a very kind and inspirational person, thank you!
I so agree with you about the color coded food. I watched one organizing video, where they literally went through a box of cereal just to put all the colors together. Who does that in the real world?? That is ridiculous.
I just want to say that I love how this video is edited, and as someone who has watched you for a long time, the videos only get better over the years 👏 Cas getting even more natural on cam, the team getting more creative behind the cam. thank you for helping me over the years, Clutterbug team!
Sometimes we need to DO HARD THINGS, so we have to HEAR HARD THINGS!! ...but your comments at the end are GOLDEN!! As one of your organizing colleagues says: "YOU ARE ENOUGH"!! ❤ Thank you so much for helping me make baby steps toward a less chaotic/more stress-free home. ❤❤
Cass, you are beautiful inside and out. I've been following you for years and girl... you are amazing! You are right! Forget all the bunk others want to inflict on you- you do you... be the person God made you to be and rock that!! Thanks for making my life better with all your awesome videos! 💓
Buy a battery organizer case. One of my favorite purchases ever and keeps your battery tester handy as well. Batteries are so annoying but not anymore!
I love your energy, face expressions and the way of saying things, we need to hear, sooo much. I'm only 4 minutes in, and not only laughed out loud a few times, but also agreed with all you've said! ❤ Trashing our own house in the name of that "holy Saturday" is so true 😂
I am a new subscriber and it love your ideas. I love that you’re honest and true. Our junk draw is crap but our crap and we just have to organize it better. Thanks for sharing and the encouragement. Your awesome.
WONDERFUL video, Cass! The whole video was so helpful to me. I love how real you are and still professional, helpful and honest. The very end of your video touched my heart and helped me. I think I should watch this video on a daily basis until I have it memorized! 🥰 Bless you, dear Cass. Thank you for being you and bringing your knowledge here to help all of us live better lives. One bit at a time. 💖
Cass, you are absolutely correct! I am working on decluttering...time is my big issue. I learn something from you every single time I watch you. Thank you for always being YOU. You are beautiful, just as you are...you are authentic and that is why you’re so popular!😊
I am SO glad that I listened to this video to the very end. Thank You for reminding us how we should not let other people’s opinions about our physical appearance affect how we feel about ourselves. We are all fine, just the way that we were born!
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You are beautiful just the way you are! Always love your videos and stories.
Thank you, Cas! You made me laugh out loud. :-) Glad you're keeping your pretty face the way it is.
You are so pretty. Years ago and now you are very pretty. I struggled with acne since 18 after I had a facial and it never went away. As a cosmetologist and working on brides and shows where everyone would tell me I was the one that needed the makeup, boy, talk about dropping your self esteem and stepping on it. It's been hard to recover from that. The irony is now that I'm disabled and don't go anywhere I found a doctor that treated my acne and my skin is finally cleared. Lol that's life I guess . Just keep being yourself.
Oh my gosh! That woman 😂 First of allllll. You are beautiful! Gummy? What is that woman talking about? I envision she looks like Yzma from The Emperors New Groove 😂 I went through hearing how unattractive I was all through my school years. Outside of school people would say I was beautiful 🤔 Now that I’m wayyy out of high school. I am showing signs of aging. I use a great skin care line, take vitamins & try to keep up with hydration. Anyway, don’t go back there. I feel her marketing skills are just plain mean spirited.
Thanks loads. At 71years of age I have found out I am a Ladybug. Old Motto: There’s always a bigger Container. New Motto: If there’s too much stuff in the Container it’s because We have too much stuff. Decluttering, Donating & Destroying (aka Rubbish)
You are honestly so funny! Come for the organization advice stay for that subtle yet unhinged humor 😊
Always!
Great organizing and decluttering tips - but your encouragement at the end is priceless! And let me mention the flip side of how one comment can be so damaging - just one comment can be the encouragement someone needs! Sixty years ago, a sweet pastor's wife thanked a teenage boy who had given something to her by saying, "Thank you. You will be a good provider." That comment planted a flag in the heart of that boy, abused and unloved at home, and guided him as he grew. I've been married to him for 54 years, and he has been a good provider and has loved us all so well. It was a great lesson for us - look for opportunities to speak encouragement.
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Life or death is in the power of our tongue...our words are so powerful! LOVE your story!
We need more of that! God bless you both. 💜
I looooove that you are like, “throw it in the garbage” in an era where people sometimes shame others for throwing away literal trash.
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"We just want a home for our crap, and everything in its crappy home"... I freaking love you! Thanks for the common sense!
That was my favorite too!!!
I’m so sorry that she got to you and made you feel self conscious about your smile. You have an absolutely beautiful smile. Your energy, smiles and laughter at so contagious! You’re very motivating and I absolutely love your stories at the end. Thank you for being you!
Came here to say this too! She’s incredible! And she’s got a great smile!
Great smile! Wonderful comments at the end. Thoughts staying in our head Rent free!
“Don’t sort your stuff into little piles”… I had to pause the video to look around at the little piles I just made 😂😂😂
Oh my goodness, you are adorable just as you are! No fillers, no anything plastic or otherwise artificial needed. Your expressions, your energy, enthusiasm and vibrance all contribute to your beauty. Stay real, and genuine, and confident.
I live in a tiny house, and when my husband passed away, I realized how much stuff we had accumulated in just 5 years, so I have literally been decluttering for the last few weeks, I have donated 27 contractor bags of brand new stuff, it makes me feel good to give it to someone in need and to see my house again. I am also going to reconfigure my house and get rid of multiple appliances and replace it with one. Thanks for the inspiration.
Sorry for your loss 🕯️☦️🕯️
@@velvetturtles , thank you so much.
I'm sorry about your husband.
@@Carolmaizy thank you.
Same here, husband passed away 4 yrs ago. Every year I go through the whole house again & get rid of things that as the only person in the house, that just isn’t being used. 3 weeks it was my small kitchen appliances, apparently, I owned half a kitchen store. Lol When I was still cooking for a family I used it. Just me, nope. We did one of the attics last week, I have 5. It feels so good to watch the things going to other people who can still get years of service out of them. It’s a difficult journey trying to make the house your own space, that there isn’t anyone else to consider when making changes.
I’m so glad that she mentioned The Home Edit is not for real life. I grew tired of watching that stuff and hoping one day I could do that nonsense. The Clutterbug method helped me figure out my organization style and my house is AMAZING now. Thank you!
Love you and your helpful tips, Cass!
* Don't try to organize the whole house at the same time. (Decision fatigue is real!)
* Sort into 2 piles: KEEP or GO. Then do the KEEP pile further.
* Don't buy containers first without knowing its purpose. Only buy containers to fit the space or use/recycle something that you already have.
* Don't try to aim for "Pinterest-worthy" right away.
* Only organize for function!
* Goal is to have it better than it was yesterday.
* Don't try to organize clutter...
¹. Declutter first, ². Organize!
Only have things in your home that you use and love.
Thanks Linda 🙂
Thank you for putting this in print!!!! I am so overwhelmed right now. 😢
Now…about that commode snake. Do I use it? Rarely. Do I love it…heck no! UNTIL….I need it!
Thanks!! 🙏🏻
The new 😮
This video was perfection! I needed the reminder that my organization doesn’t need to be visually perfect. I wasted so much money last year trying to achieve this and ended up less content than ever.
Also, I have never thought anything about your smile other than it looks joyful and genuine, which means it’s beautiful. I also didn’t know a “gummy smile” was a thing, and tbh I’m still not convinced it’s a thing. I’m glad you see the humor and ridiculousness of it, but I’m legit angry for you. How DARE someone tell you that the reflection of your happiness doesn’t look like her ideal.
Free container ideas without visual clutter: reassemble shoeboxes and other cardboard boxes inside out; add a pretty label. For kitchen canisters, tear the label off of oatmeal round tubs - theyre plain cardboard underneath; add a pretty label. So much easier than getting stickers off of jars, the wide mouth makes it easy to scoop into, and they're all matching and opaque for those of us who dislike visual clutter.
But...they don't seal properly and moth can get into them oh, so easy
As someone with adhd I thought I could never have a clean and organized home. I thought I would be stuck forever in a cycle of getting everything set up and organized just for it to be messed up again. Seeing you (a woman with adhd) not only succeed but thrive through organization is so refreshing and motivating. If you can do it why can’t I? You’re videos have given me the confidence to try and take my life back from my stuff. Thank you so much, great video and great channel!!!
The only thing I did today was deep clean my bathroom floor (even behind the toilet), and I felt that I accomplished a lot!
You did. Go you!
Wow, I did too! Just today and here I click on this video and you are the first comment! You go Susan! And I haven’t cleaned my bathroom in ... ... ... Er... it’s been awhile. That is because I watched one of her videos last night. 😆 of course I can hardly walk through my room, but my bathroom is now immaculate. 😆😆😆
You go, girl!!🎉
"It's Saturday, today is the day I get my life together" I almost spit out my tea! LOL I've said this bs to myself SO MANY TIMES lol
Oh my stars girl. I laughed out loud several times and you are the most practical, unpretentious, fabulous organization guru I’ve ever watched. Definitely subscribing.
I laughed too! LOL
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I came to say the same! Love love love the creative utilization and excessive use of the word 'crap' 😂 also her ripping into the fake Pinterest photos! I love her transparency ♥️ will also subscribe.
Yes! Crapalanche ought to be a real word coz it's a real thing. 😅😅
Radonculous! 😂😂😂
It’s as if you’ve been watching me attempt to “organize” for the last 30 years. As someone who recently started decluttering, I can honestly say it makes a HUGE difference. All the difference in the world.
I love your videos - informational, funny, pure gold.
Joshua Becker has great tips on decluttering. Like Questions to ask when decluttering.
Do I need it?
Why do I have it?
What would I use if I didn’t have it?
@@HeronCoyote1234 Definitely. I like him too. The Minimal Mom is terrific as well.
Thank YOU, Celeste, for adding this comment. I have been attempting to organize for almost as long as you and felt like such a failure b/c it had been so long and I hadn’t done it yet. Thanks to Cass, I’m on the right track now.❤️ to both of you. (And Cass, I have a “gummy” smile that I’ve always been self conscious about. I can’t imagine what that lady would have said to me!)
I have been trying to get my best friend to declutter, because he says he wants to, and has seen how I live. We’ll start a room, like his office, but, he doesn’t follow the next part of decluttering, which is: don’t let it get that bad again. I try telling him to throw out trash, papers no longer needed, empty boxes and envelopes, bubble wrap (he buys a lot of stuff), etc. Falls on deaf ears.
It’s easier and faster, and less stressful to pick up, and get rid of trash as it’s made, than wait for the room to get overwhelmed again.
I found A Slob Comes Clean and then Cas (Clutterbug Me) - these two together helped me soooo much.
Your enthusiasm for organization is seriously infectious! I just want to say that as someone with ADHD your videos are actually helping me declutter and get organized - which in turn is super helpful for actually managing my ADHD. Also PS I think both your nose and smile are wonderful :].
Oh my God, Cass, I loved your imitation of the doctor. Your smile is lovely, don't even sweat it! Also I'm proud to say that I was in Target yesterday and I wandered into the storage bin aisle and looked at all the different bins and baskets, but I left without buying any of them because I knew I wasn't done decluttering first.
Bravo!
Praise His Holy Name.
My mother went to a new doctor at 70. He took one look at her and said, “I can tell you’ve laughed a lot!” He was absolutely right! She also had a wonderful sense of humor and an easy way with people, yet she was always insecure about the wrinkles. That one remark made all the difference to her! Me? I'm hoping to eventually look like Maggie Smith - another woman who takes no prisoners and sees the humor in life!
I've always said, "When I get old, (I'm not there yet!😉) all my wrinkles will be laugh lines!!"
Me too! And Judy Dench! That’s how beauty ages. They are beautiful at any age!!👩🏻🦳👩🏼🦳👩🏽🦳👩🏾🦳👩🏿🦳🧑🏻🦳🧑🏼🦳🧑🏽🦳🧑🏾🦳🧑🏿🦳
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To quote Jimmy Buffett, The wrinkles only go where the smiles have been.
“You are beautiful just the way you are.” ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Just so you know, YOU are totally my therapy!❤️. I always feel better, more inspired, more capable, & more resilient after watching one of your episodes! Good for you about listening to yourself first and foremost before letting an esthetician (or whatever the dr was) tell you how you should look. You have a beautiful smile! I’m so glad you decided to keep it!
Totally agree
I love her smile too :)
You are such a crack up to watch, I just love your humor and presentation. The end of your video was a message just for me today and I thank you. You are a beautiful girl just as you are and I’m happy you didn’t fall into the Botox trap! Thank you for what you do 💕
You’re SO right. It took me an entire day to clean out under my bed. An entire day to clean one small closet. Don’t kid yourself- it’s exhausting and takes a lot of time
Omg, Crap- alanche is my new favorite made-up word!! 😂😂 That needs to be on a tee-shirt. Love your videos Cass. I've been following you for 5/6 years now and I'm convinced my house would be in a lot worse state if not for you. Thanks for always reminding us to keep getting rid of things. 💗
Praise His Holy Name.
“Let’s practice not caring what other people think” - priceless. You’re very inspiring. Thank you for sharing your experience. It’s so life affirming to hear your ‘this is how real people are’ clutter insights. I’m so glad I’m not the only one who has too much stuff and clueless about how to deal with it. We just weren’t taught how! Until now. 🥰
My mother’s voice sticks in my mind; everything must have it’s place. That has helped me but I struggle because of time. It definitely helps me not get too out of control. 😃
I’ve watched almost all of your videos and I neeeeeeeed more decluttering videos! You are the ONLY one I could listen to all day and not once get annoyed 😂😂😂
Yay!
Thanks for another great video! And, Kudos to you to not fall for that shallow doctor's marketing ploy to make herself richer by making patients self esteem and bank accounts poorer. She didn't realize that she was dealing with a beautiful, strong, fierce confident woman who didn't need her piddly, insignificant validation. You and your videos add to our lives. You add value to our lives. You help me so much. Keep being exactly as you are! 😊
I don't know if you've said it before, but "organizing for the space instead of the stuff" pretty much blew my mind. This is my lunch break... How am I gonna finish my work with a blown mind? This just keeps repeating in my brain like a mantra. And there is NOTHING wrong with your smile. Please! You are lovely, Cas!
The 'don't buy containers before you have a purpose for them' is THE ONE. I measured a set of badly used drawers (after throwing out the crap that was in them), and spent a week shopping around for containers that would fit them exactly. I didn't care what they looked like, I just cared about the measurements. I found them (metal shower organisers in the end!), I used string to make compartments in them, and now I have all my art pens organised in my drawers, separated by type and colour. JOY.
I love the looks of your big American homes and kitchens, but as a renter, most European apartment(s) and their kitchens are tiny compared to those.
Kitchen islands ? A dream, but they don't fit, at all.
All I have is the teeny tiny space between sink and oven.
Usually I end up putting things and doing the cutting of vegetables on the sink.
So regardless of the 'do or don't I like the furniture therein' the more important question is: what does fit in ? Narrow shelves are a challenge.
So in the end you don't mind about aesthetics anymore, just the size.
Once in a blue moon both fit, yeah.
Sometimes I watch Hoarders for motivation to declutter because I don't want my house to end up looking like *that* house. And what I've realized is shifting my mindset is possibly more important than getting rid of stuff.
I watch Hoarders when I feel stuck getting rid of stuff. I’ve found listening to the mental health professional’s guidance to the clients about parting with items helps me (especially all the things I have attached sentimental value to).
As a self proclaimed hoarder I’ve watched all those shows too. They can be helpful. One of the doctors, David Tolin coauthored a book “Buried in Treasures.” Really good at helping you change your views about the things you keep so you can learn to let things go. ❤
OMG.. Same!
To quote Eleanor Roosevelt, no one can make you feel inferior without your consent. You look great. Thanks for all the tips on organizing. I’m very slowly decluttering my home 🙂
I like Eleanor Roosevelt and I know her statement is meant to be inspirational but, to me, her comment feels like "blaming the victim". People can definitely bully us and make us feel inferior.
@@leilajane4015 that's the point. No one can "make" you feel anything. People can be unkind, sure. The feelings though? That's internal.
@@leilajane4015 The point is that we can allow someone's opinion of us to haunt us or we can brush off their comment and not give it a home in our mind. Our youth need to be empowered with this thought. It might prevent so many tragedies due to bullying.
Decluttering one drawer or one small space at a time is so amazing! Thanks Cas. Words are powerful. We can choose to use them to lift one another. You go Girl! You are beautiful (and hilarious in the best way!) Apparently you are loved and appreciated by all of us here. 🤗
"Crapalanche" 😆 I used to have a closet like that, too!
And the t-shirt with "everything in its crappy place" is hilarious. Thank you for adding the visual! 🤣
Cass, I say it too many times but, I say it again. You make me feel so normal and that helps me so much. HUGS! Thanks for being a part of my journey. I will also add, in case you wonder how you have so many views and not as many likes. I think its bc people put you on their TVs to watch and its not as easy to "click" the like button. 8K views in an hour is impressive!
“Decluttering creates more space.” I love this!
I love that you aim for functional organization, not just aesthetics. I like things to be pretty, but I hate when it’s so perfectly pretty that it’s unrealistic no longer functional for life. Thank you for saying that!
THIS IS YOUR BEST VIDEO! I have followed you for YEARS! Thank you for being real. So many times I've tried to "color code my life" and felt awful and like a failure to my family.
This was just what I needed to get out of this funk! You're the best Cass! Keep up the REAL! ALSO you look fabulous just the way you are! Stop going to crazy pants lady! 😂
I never commented...I have been watching all your videos for 3 years now...
But....arghhhhh!
Your smile is awesome!
You're a beautiful woman... please don't try to change yourself again!
You're our favorite just as you are , or just as you will be 10-15 years from now on!
Love you! 🤗
I almost cried. I called my husband into the room and said, "This woman knows all about me!" When the bin part came up, my husband said, "Yeah! Yeah! Did you hear that? Did you hear what she just said?" It was so funny how right she is. 🤣
Oh Cass, I love you!!! Keep your crap in it’s crappy place! 😂😂😂 I relate 100% just put the stuff away. Your clutterbugs, Dawn’s minimal mom Decluttering and Dana aka Slob comes Clean’s container boundaries have changed my life! ❤❤❤ love all your ideas and guidance 😊
I was going to say THIS exactly, you beat me to it!!!! Oh Cass, I love you!!! Keep your crap in it’s crappy place!
Absolutely brilliant video Cas! 🙂💜
I told a youngish woman at the shops the other day that her hair was absolutely gorgeous ❤ she thanked me and said I had made her day…never miss a chance to raise people up.
I do that too! I even have told men...the other day one of the clerks at the store had absolutely gorgeous red hair and I told him so too! He really appreciated it .
This is the best organizing video!! You spelled out exactly why organizing hasn't been working for me! I'm also trying to help my parents declutter and organize their house. The process is exhausting and I just want to give up. Breaking it down to "keep or don't keep"!! So simple!! Thank you!!
Glad it was helpful!
Lisa Michele don't give up. We can do it! I am motivated by this video. I've tried just about everything else. There was a cute show once where I saw this girl cleaning out her garage. When she picked up an item she was ready to dispose of, she looked at it and hollered "get out of here!" as she threw it into her yard. I guess it was a motivational thing. It was hilarious!!
So I just found your channel within the last month and the funny thing is I have been organizing for butterflies and ladybugs for years and have felt so insecure until I found this. I was insecure because when I look at the people homes of the members of my family who are bees or grasshoppers because they organize “the right way”. They can use drawers and closets “the right way” and they don’t have cube organizers and hooks in literally every room in their homes. Needless to say I have found that my biggest critic has always been me but this channel has helped me truly except my organization style and not be ashamed of it.
Your comment made my heart so happy!
@@Clutterbug Cass, it would be awesome to see you do a video where you challenged yourself to use only boxes/free stuff like you mentioned in this video to organize someone's place... truly on a budget, especially with prices so high, instead of Container Store, Walmart, Target, or even $Tree bins!
Can you "Make it so?"
@@leahrowe847 I think she showed doing this in a video using cheap and free boxes in her craft room
Cas, kudos to you for not falling for that dr’s shameful marketing tactics. You are more beautiful than you can believe-God doesn’t make junk! And your compassion and care for others shines through in every video. You’re already gorgeous on your own (I.e. if I’d never watched a video) and your LOVE only enhances your natural beauty. 🤗
I think of you as a daughter and wish you the best!
Wow, thank you!
This is probably, from start to finish, my favorite video you’ve done. So many truth bombs and I appreciate your honesty 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
Cass, this was one of your most life-transforming videos!!! I’m deeply thankful and encouraged by your transparency! Our world needs that and the freedom that comes with only owning what we truly use and love! Stay encouraged!!!
Hi Cas, I’m from France. Your videos are famous beyond borders. 😊 Your energy has spilled over up to here because now I work less and achieve more and that makes me so happy. I’m a bee and was a serious procrastinator. Thanks to you I now know why and that behaviour disappeared! I wish you all the best. Love you. Simone
Your smile is definitely NOT gummy! Thank you Cass for sharing your stories and uplifting so many people. You are beautiful inside and out!
As a person who has an aversion to "gummy smiles," yeah, no, she definitely does not have that problem. Whoever said that she does is nuts lol
I freakin' love your honesty!!! This video was literally a friend that sat down with me and said, "Arlene, get your s&*$ together!" I appreciate it, thank you Cass!!!!
Omg!!! I was like”wow how does she know my little dirty secrets ???” Hahahaa she just described me
But I really
Need every single word she said, I love you all! 🥰
This makes me laugh because I have torn my house apart so many times in the name of organization and end up shoving things back into the same space....yep, I am guilty of buying way too many storage bins, which btw, are still empty 🙄😂
I know Right ..
@Manka I am glad to know I am not alone 😁
I have those empties too. 😅
Great advice. I’v been organizing my clutter in pretty containers for years and not getting the results I want. Now I know what to do to actually get organized. Thanks for the help I really needed !
@@jodeeps2287 me too 🙂
This is one of your best videos Ever!! I absolutely love the real and raw breakdown of how various outlets such as social media are fake or staged to be perfect. As a chronic over thinker/ perfectionist in progress, it can be overwhelming to try to be more aesthetically pleasing to everyone but ourselves. Comfort has been my mantra this year and thanks to you, Dana and Dawn I have been really tackling the harder stuff and enjoying a simpler space with less stuff in it (occasionally organized as well 😮🤯lol). Thank you for being an inspiration-I truly appreciate you!!!
"Organize for your space, not your stuff." Why do i feel so stupid that i actually NEEDED to be told this?! It feels so dumb for "hey, you just have too much stuff, how about just keep what you need" to be an A-ha moment! 😂
Cas, you hit the nail right on the head with this end story. When I was maybe 17 or 18 years old, my mother woke me (I was working nights in a pub) and said that she would help me pay for a nose job, should I want one. It was not something that I had EVER considered. She thought that was the reason I was wearing my hair with bangs over my eyes. To this day - I am now 57 years old - I am totally paranoid about my nose - even tough my lovely husband says he cannot see anything wrong with it. You would think I could get over it, wouldn't you?!!
Thank you so much for all of your insights. I really appreciate your words. Love you to bits.
Noses, noses, noses!! My father offended me by saying that I look better from the front than from the side. And that my ears aren't that small. (When they are perfectly fine! Even I think they are perfectly fine. For crying out loud!)
I suspect nobody ever made any such remarks about *his* appearance.
The strange things people say ...!
What kind of world are we living in?!
Things are becoming stranger by the minute, so hopefully more and more people will be inspired to think for themselves and take a stand!
Cass! You are beautiful and wonderful! Thanks for all you share. I discovered your channel in November. After listening and absorbing your tips for weeks, I began decluttering the first of this year. I also recognized ADHD tendencies in myself through your sharing about ADHD and was recently diagnosed and treated for adult ADHD. LIFE CHANGING! And I have you to thank for that!
As of today, I have decluttered about 40% of our stuff. I'm a ladybug, so you'd never know every drawer and cupboard and closet were stuffed to the gills. The most amazing thing is my packrat hubby is noticing the difference and has begun parting with 60 years of memorabilia! This is none short of miraculous!
Thanks, Cass, for keeping it real. Sharing your life. And making such a huge impact on my life :)
how nice to come upon a sensible person, Thank YOU ❣
YES, Use Kleenex and shoe boxes for storage containers! Especially when you’re first figuring out what needs storing and where. You may end deciding to relocate tools to a better place, or grouping things differently - which store-bought, pricey bins and containers would discourage. They just become a deterrent to organization, and an unnecessary expense. And clutter in themselves!
Too funny! I raided my cardboards recycling bin last year for temporary sorting bins in my hard to reach cupboards. Shredded wheat boxes, maxipad boxes, tissue boxes, tea boxes, anything that would fit in my awkward shelces to seperate medications, essential oils, dog things, cat things, Of course whenever i opened the doors it drove me nuts because the amount of different shapes and colours was making my brain buzz. So i covered them in a lovely patterned shelf liner vinyl. They are still there! Hahaha.
Whatever works, so long as it works!
I have implemented your clutter bug system into my home & it has NEVER been this decluttered!! Thank you 🙏
Happy to help!
I have watched so many videos on TH-cam about cleaning up but never came across anyone who gives real advice and so many times I laughed at what you said because that’s exactly what I was doing all this time and it’s like how did she know. Love your cleaning advice and how you explain everything according to real life. God bless you and your family. ❤❤❤❤
I just had to say thank you!! Really!!!! THANK YOU!!!! Thank you for your honesty, thank you for being real, thank you for hitting the nail on the head. "Organization doesn't get you more space, getting RID of things does!!!" Such a simple statement with something so difficult to comprehend!!!! I just adore you and your channel. God Bless you!
Oh and by the way no cosmetic surgery is needed!!! You look great!! And don't let anyone tell you otherwise!
For me, it when you're feeling pretty good and someone says "Are you ok? You look tired." Or "You look pail". Deflates me immediately. Love the channel, love the tips, love your face the way it is!!
Oh when people ask you if you are sick.... but you are not 😣😣😣
It reminds me of an old song by Stanley Holloway - (be sure to listen through to the end) th-cam.com/video/ysdaECd2cLY/w-d-xo.html
Just to say, it could just be that you were wearing different make-up, or an unflattering color (that happens a lot and we don't even realize it), or the lighting is unflattering. There was probably nothing wrong with the way you looked.
One of the best videos on tips & tricks about organizing one's house I've ever seen. And her charisma and humor helped make total sense of it, so clear and easy to follow. Thank you!
Wow, this video is eye opening! Everyone needs to see this video. I love organizing, but I realize now, with this video, how much time I’ve wasted doing it “wrong!” And yes, I totally agree about the Home Edit’s way of organizing by color… who has crap in all colors of the rainbow!? It’s unrealistic and setting people up for failure. Organize for your “real” life, not the life you see on tv or the internet. You’re the best! ❤
While reading your comment I had another idea too: packaged food with lots of colors screams of marketing. And generally all packaged food is no food, just stomach filling.
Real food is food what our great great great grandmother would recognize as food. The rest is just a product.
I have watched The home edit, and yes it was fun at first, but after a while I was horrified looking at the celebrities and their overabundance and the gigantic pantries and all the sugary snacks and cereals etc. I'm not used to that big spaces/storage and so much of everything. And almost no one decluttered anything. I understand that not everyone live like the families on tv, but it was very weird, like The home edit way of organizing could apply to anyone. I'm gonna try to organize my black clothes in rainbow order. ;) Thank you Cas for keeping it real!
CASS! This video is LIFE CHANGING!!! This is IT. I can do it now. I’m pretty good at organizing but this was ALL I needed to hear to really, finally get it done. THANK YOU!!!
Yes! Feeling inspired again.
I love this list!! I'm a fantasy cricket, but functional ladybug! So getting things done can be hard! Like my clutterbugs are dueling to the death of me! 😂 So this list is just what my crazy critter brain needed! 🦗🐞⚔️
Also, you have an amazing smile and a beautiful face! Our Creator knew just what He was doing when He shaped and molded you! Don't let the mean little botox lady bully you! ❤
I am a fantasy cricket too! Lol I am working slowly to become a less messy ladybug 🐞
"I'm not buying my kids' school snacks based on the color of the package."
THANK YOU!!!
Ugh, I too sometimes get caught up in pinterest worthy visions of what my home "should" look like. This will now forever be my call back to reality 😂
I’ve made all these mistakes in organizing. I’ve even taken a couple of these mistakes to a new level (like putting each small pile into ziplocks, placing the ziplocks into a prematurely-purchased storage container, then filling the empty drawer with a new collection of random crap). You’ve shown me the error of my ways lol and I’m feeling encouraged to try organizing in a better way. Thanks so much!
Not "girlie with the hair and makeup" and yet you look stunning and your hair is more polished than mine has been all year...you are too cute ☺ Thank you for your videos...they are really helping this PackRat 🤗
This video is so helpful, especially the rule about not organizing clutter. I live in a small apartment and have lots of things for my job as a freelance audio engineer so I have to be extra diligent. A long way to go, but videos like this keep me motivated. Thank you. As for the ending, my rule of thumb is to not listen to anyone who tries to shame me into something. And btw, I truly don't get the "gummy smile" comment. Your smile isn't gummy, it's beautiful!
I love how you present decluttering in a simple and humerus way that we can all manage in our everyday lives.
Thanks for those comments at the end, needed to hear that! And your smile is perfect, don’t need to change a thing!
I was very hesitant to watch this considering I've watched so many "organization" videos and end up absolutely discouraged 😞 however, this mashes so much sense and gives me hope that I can get my life together 😆 also, you're pretty entertaining ❤️
Cass, you always speak to my heart! I grew up in a hoarded house. It really affected me as a child. I'm always afraid the house will get away from me and become as it was as a child. Irrational, I know, but it is what it is.
As an adult, I went polar opposite and have to have everything extremely organized. Even to the point that it is stressful.
When sorting, seeing a lot of items scattered at once causes paralyzation for me. So your advice is VERY valuable to me, as always, but this one is probably my favorite.
I appreciate how you break it down in little steps and give the hard truth.
And I appreciate YOU! You are beautiful, smart, and oh my gosh, funny! I'm so glad you know you are enough and don't need that face stuff! God bless and thank you for what you do! ❤
You’re my soul sister!
I am glad to have watched till the end: You are a stand up comic at heart!!!! Thank you for denouncing the fake everything; fake house, fake face, fake photos! Heck! Fake friends! Friends like us the way we are and they will be there when life pulls the rug under your feet.
This is the best organizational video I saw in a long time!
First off I'd like to say this video was a lifesaver! Thank you so much because everything in this video that you said don't do I was doing! I was literally watching this video with my jaw on the floor saying oh my goodness I do that, thank God she's teaching me not to do that. I'm totally going to organize much differently now.
Second I would definitely like to say there's absolutely nothing wrong with your smile or your face!!! You have a beautiful smile with beautiful healthy-looking gums!!! Everything that's on your face fits your face perfectly is proportionate and you're perfect the way you are. I believe in God and that people are made in the image of God therefore you are beautiful and perfect the way He made you! We as women are our worst critics, and other women can be our worst,worst critics. Girl ain't nothing wrong with your face! You're amazing! Thank you for your content and sharing your gift of organization with the world!😁
A piece of advice that really helped me (I wish I could remember where I heard it from) is to only store things if they are equal to the amount of space they take up. For example, if your house is $75/sq ft and you’re storing a 1x1 box, it needs to have $75+ worth of stuff in it. The old towels…gone. Old shoes…gone. Grandma’s silver cutlery…keep. It makes it easier to determine what’s worth storing and what is not worth the space it’d take up. Hope that makes sense and that it helps someone.
Sounds good in theory, but for some people this would devolve into them looking around and swapping out their mountains of junk for way too many “collectible” $100 figurines or something similar. They’d still have way more clutter than their space could comfortably fit, just now instead of a pile of old linens it would be a giant cabinet they bought to hold a mass of figurines, or expensive handbags, etc.
I’m sorry this is not good advice. It should be determined by how useful it is or how you enjoy it. I used to have expensive crap I never used and while decluttering I could sell them. Also I have cheap stuff that I genuinely like or use on a regular basis that is worth keeping. If you don’t like grandma’s cutlery and you never use it, maybe just sell it even though it’s expensive. If you really like this big whatever then keep it even though it’s cheap 🤷🏻♀️
@@noshka I was referring to things like tangles of cords, empty phone/tech boxes, and stuff being saved for “one day”. Example: I got rid of huge stand mixer I literally only used for Thanksgiving and got a hand mixer instead.
Interesting idea. And it's different for everyone.
Example: Had I not had a plethora of old towels, I would've been up sht creek without a paddle when we had a sewage backup in our basement. Thank God I hoard old linens! Also, old sheets saved money when moving, as I didn't need to go out and buy bubble wrap. No newspapers in this house to use instead, either.
When I'm moving I use every piece of soft goods in my house before I buy bubble wrap. Also i have huge rolls of paper that I got from a friend in the printing business.
'take a look at your crap' 😁😆So even after getting rid of stuff, what's left is still 'crap'! You are SO right!
Love this video. I've decluttered all the 'easy stuff'. Now I need to tackle the harder things. I'm going slow, but OUT is OUT, and every little bit feels SO MUCH BETTER. Thanks to you,
Dawn (Minimal Mom) and Dana (A slob comes clean), I can breath again. 💝
Remember, progress, not perfection. It’s your home. You work at your pace. Unless you’re moving (and believe me, it’s 1000 times easier once you’ve decluttered), there’s no clock.
Thanks for sharing this! And my kids always used to remind me to exhale, so your comment about breathing again is awesome! I have always been able to inhale, but my anxiety keeps me from exhaling!🤣
Can't tell you how much I needed to hear this!!! I don't have an interior design bone in my body but with 2 toddlers, a hubby, and full time demanding job, I NEED to focus on function instead of pinterst worthy spaces.
GREAT ADVICE!!! You have to toss it FIRST TO really get that FANCY VIBE with your organization look😊
Thank you for sharing that story! I’ve been having a hard time with my aging looks and actually had thought how great you look and how could I be more like you and just put myself together (bye bye messy bun and leggings). So you’re looking great in my book! But yeah, you’re right, it was really about you, it was about her and how to earn an income. Sad that she relies on bringing others down to support herself.
It took me a couple of days to click on this video because I didn't want to know the WRONG way to organize my home! But of course you followed up with the RIGHT way to do things. THANK YOU! I learned so much. My sister has come to help me organize a couple of times, but we have just ended up organizing my crap, and I know I need to declutter, but never know where or how to start. So, thank you for the free download, too! It has given me great guidance on how to tackle the clutter in small bites. And I love always staying to the end of your videos and hearing the little extra things that you share. Please don't go back to that "doctor." (If she really IS a doctor!) You are so beautiful, and no, you do NOT have a gummy smile! I'm 67 years old and have way more wrinkles than I would like, but I will never let some quack shoot botox or filler into my face. I'll just be me. Thanks for all you do. You are so inspiring and motivating! ❤❤❤
I agree!😁👍
It's so awesome your sister has come to help - and now you'll have more of a plan!
Last summer my daughter and her hubby came over a number of times to help me declutter and decide what to keep (mostly store!) They are building me a Granny Flat in their back yard, and soon I'll be curating what goes into the new space!
He was great at outside stuff, and hauling rooms to storage or away... while she kept me on track with sorting and decision making! It was awesome to have someone else drop things off, and just do the sorting.
The garage held some of my daughter's things, and items from my folks (who died 17 and 30 years ago!!)
It was wonderful to share memories and pick out treasures with someone who also loved them - and we helped each other let other things go that we didn't need!
Some we set aside for her brother (he lives farther away, and was busy with his own life) or other family members.
A real treat was when our realtor saw the pretty Blue Danube dishes my father- in law gave me ~ 50 years ago - loved but long just sitting in the tall cupboards -
I'd put them on the porch in the more precious 'give away'/ section. She loves blue and white China, and immediately asked if she could buy them!! So they will be loved, and it was a no stress way to pass them on!
My biggest tops are to work in manageable blocks of time (set a timer!) And when you're working on your own, use the 'body double' touch of purging on a podcast or calling your sis! And do take breaks
You are so funny! Your smile is not gummy! And I am glad I found this video. Thanks for all you do!❤
“If you can’t find somewhere to shove it, you have too much stuff”….I needed to hear that! I have containers I cleared out of a drawer about 4 months ago (OMG I didn’t realise it was so long ago!!) that have “lived” on my kitchen bench ever since. Time to say goodbye to them I think 😂
Praise His Holy Name.
I loved the ending!
First of all, you have a beautiful and real smile! Don't ever let anyone tell you differently.
Second, I've been decluttering and it's been going well. The only room I seem to fail in is my craftroom. Cause I love everything in there and it's so hard to get rid of stuff. I know I have things I hardly use that should make way for the things I use often, but I can't seem to do it. I keep opening bins and closing them again, cause I don't want to decide.
I feel your pain!! I love my craft room and every supply I have!! Its packed tho and hard to get projects done. I did box up one big box to send to my cousin, it felt good knowing she would appreciate the stuff I hadn't used. The struggle is real!!
Can you put some things in a box and hide away for a month to see if you miss it. Maybe things that are half used or everything blue or a handful of things that are at the bottom of every bin. Try it you might like a more decluttered space.
@@Staceyintampa I donated a few things to a charity shop last year. But that was about the only things I could think of to donate. But I know there is more that I should declutter. It's in unmarked bins and I forget I own it. Then I see it and want to keep it hahaha.
@@scara1859 I also want to put some shelves in my small build in closet. Put bins there with stuff I hardly use. Then after 3 months, if it's still not used, it can go. Make space for paper, stamps and dies and other things I use most of the time.
You are changing my life at 46, in a real way not a bandaid. I have cried at several of your videos. You are a very kind and inspirational person, thank you!
I so agree with you about the color coded food. I watched one organizing video, where they literally went through a box of cereal just to put all the colors together. Who does that in the real world?? That is ridiculous.
That sounds like a mental problem. 🤦♀️
I just want to say that I love how this video is edited, and as someone who has watched you for a long time, the videos only get better over the years 👏 Cas getting even more natural on cam, the team getting more creative behind the cam. thank you for helping me over the years, Clutterbug team!
Sometimes we need to DO HARD THINGS, so we have to HEAR HARD THINGS!! ...but your comments at the end are GOLDEN!! As one of your organizing colleagues says: "YOU ARE ENOUGH"!! ❤ Thank you so much for helping me make baby steps toward a less chaotic/more stress-free home. ❤❤
I'm guilty of the small piles! The "go or keep" decision is perfect advice!
Cass, you are beautiful inside and out. I've been following you for years and girl... you are amazing! You are right! Forget all the bunk others want to inflict on you- you do you... be the person God made you to be and rock that!! Thanks for making my life better with all your awesome videos! 💓
Buy a battery organizer case. One of my favorite purchases ever and keeps your battery tester handy as well. Batteries are so annoying but not anymore!
I love your energy, face expressions and the way of saying things, we need to hear, sooo much. I'm only 4 minutes in, and not only laughed out loud a few times, but also agreed with all you've said! ❤ Trashing our own house in the name of that "holy Saturday" is so true 😂
Cas, you always produce such great content. I would love to see you do a renter-friendly/apartment focused series.
I would like that, too. My kitchen is tiny. I would so love drawers in my kitchen and counter space,lol.
I am a new subscriber and it love your ideas. I love that you’re honest and true. Our junk draw is crap but our crap and we just have to organize it better. Thanks for sharing and the encouragement. Your awesome.
WONDERFUL video, Cass! The whole video was so helpful to me. I love how real you are and still professional, helpful and honest. The very end of your video touched my heart and helped me. I think I should watch this video on a daily basis until I have it memorized! 🥰 Bless you, dear Cass. Thank you for being you and bringing your knowledge here to help all of us live better lives. One bit at a time. 💖
Cass, you are absolutely correct! I am working on decluttering...time is my big issue.
I learn something from you every single time I watch you.
Thank you for always being YOU.
You are beautiful, just as you are...you are authentic and that is why you’re so popular!😊
I am SO glad that I listened to this video to the very end. Thank You for reminding us how we should not let other people’s opinions about our physical appearance affect how we feel about ourselves. We are all fine, just the way that we were born!