Discover Your Organizing Style: The Ultimate Guide 

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I think you should do a series where you instruct us how to set up organization system for each type of bug, BY ROOM. Like, this is how you organize a butterfly bathroom, this is how you organize a ladybug closet, that kind of thing. My husband is a butterfly and his bathroom is always a mess. I am a bee and I don't know how to set up systems for him.

Cass, you don’t give yourself enough credit! Does that producer understand that you built a whole following with this system? Your system changed my whole view of organization. (Maybe because I’m a little ADHD too 😂) I used to beat myself up because I couldn’t be more organized. When I learned about ladybugs, I finally understood there was nothing wrong with me, I just do things different than some of the organizing “gurus”.

Cass, maybe AI organized information for you but - don't forget - IT IS YOUR STUFF! You created the content. All AI did was organize it for you (no pun intended). Seriously, the ideas are YOURS. Give yourself credit! Brava!!

For years, I couldn't get my son organized to save my life! After watching your videos and taking the test, I realized I was trying to have him (a butterfly) organize like myself (a cricket). Once we reorganized his apartment to fit his bug style, he said, "Thanks, Mom. This is so much easier." I wanted to cry from happiness. Thank you, Cas!

Interesting that Chat GPT wrote your script for this helpful video but also a little scary at the same time - we really don't want machines running the world, now do we? However, the A.I. will NEVER deliver the personality and charm and enthusiasm and absolute CHEER you put in your videos, Cas. YOU ARE AMAZING, Friend!! HUGS from Nebraska

I sincerely belive I'm all four in different rooms🤣 I'm naming myself a moth, when I work on my house I just chase the dopamine like a moth chase the flame🔥

As someone who has followed your channel from the beginning, I feel that the explanation of visual v hidden; macro v micro organisation style made the most sense for me. And also taking your quiz with a specific space in mind. I am a cricket at work; a bee in my study; and a butterfly in my living room. EDIT: And I also have been diagnosed recently (at age 50) with ADHD Inattentive type as a result of your video mentioning your own diagnosis. I really thank you for that Cas.

My husband and I watched this video and honestly felt a little more confused about the organizing styles than when you explain it! I have always understood the way you teach the organizing styles, Cas. I prefer YOU over AI any day!

I'm a pretty significant bee, but decades of untreated ADHD have pulled a lot of butterfly into the picture. In the past year, I've finally figured out that I I won't maintain systems that require un/restacking. So while I love cube bins, I can't have layers of things inside it (unless they're all vertical), and I won't remove/replace lids routinely. Vertical stacking is great as long as they are open front bins or drawers. For putting things BACK, I have to be able to do it one-handed. I also have some things in multiples so that they can live all the places they're used. For instance, I have at least four pairs of scissors and three tape measures with different permanent homes through the house so that there is always a pair convenient for certain tasks. My mom is the ladiest ladybug that ever did ladybug, and it drives me bonkers to not know where stuff has gone.

Frankly, I always thought you did a GREAT job of explaining the four types of organizers! You’re way better than AI. YOU did all the work!!!❤️

You need a TV show again (contact netflix). In fact, if you tackle a small area per day/ video for any organizing type, I would totally watch and organize with you 🙏

I think I finally figured out which bug I am..... I'm a crazy pants, badonka donk bug! I'm a combo of all the bugs!! I identify with ALL of them & if you look around my house...I am all of them...strengths and weekness'!! Anyone else out there like this?? Please tell me I'm not alone! Thanks for a great vid Cass!

Cas, I love how you took the pile of other people's things on the counter and shoved them in the oven! I could totally see Kucy from I Love Lucy doing something like that lol

My mom's a butterfly and I'm a cricket. My room as a kid was always that one room that looks very different from the rest of the house and I'd get anxious being in the rest of the house because of the "constant mess" that I now understand was just her way of organizing. She always knew where everything was and would notice if you moved something from one pile to where it actually went. I'd rather "reset the house to baseline" every day while my mom would rather keep piles for each project she's working on until the projects are completely done (even if that means having five projects at once and still starting another). Now that I'm an adult, it's funny to watch her visit my house. I forgot she used to leave paper towels everywhere because "we can use it again later" even though she gets a new one every time so I end up throwing away four at once when she leaves. As a cricket, my half-used paper towels go right next to the roll.

Cricket in a butterfly house... I _WISH_ I could be zen! 🥴😂

I would LOVE to see a video on how the Clutterbug system meshes up with the myers briggs personality types! That would be soooo interesting!

Cas, thank you for asking our feedback on how ChatGPT did. I am a cricket married to a butterfly, so I have quite a bit of practice naming the bugs and their characteristics. I have made many changes to accommodate the butterfly in the family! I found ChatGPT to be very lacking in insight compared to what you have offered in your explanations and videos. There was absolutely no mention of the visual and micro/macro concepts, which I understand to be central to the Clutterbug philosophy , and it’s how I usually explain the tendencies. The notes about the strengths and weaknesses of the Bee sounded like Cricket stuff to me. It was very interesting to hear another “person’s” take on the four bugs, but I much prefer YOU!

Hello. Just wanted to let you know that I absolutely think you explain the system really well. I'm a ladybug and my husband is a butterfly. I was beating my head against the wall trying to keep my house clutter free but the problem was I had to revert to his style if I want my husband to pit his stuff away and guess what.... it worked. My husband hangs his jacket on a hook now. He can see where stuff goes and puts it in its place. If it was my dream, it would all be hidden in a cabinet but having our stuff out has helped my husband. The only thing I do now though is make sure to have pretty things, because if it has to be put for him, at least it can be pretty for me!¡

I think you described it so differently this time that I almost forgot what the original descriptions were😂 but I definitely feel like a ladybug, but turning into a Bee, because the more organized I get the more I feel organization is such a priority. And I know that the more organized I am the more my house will look beautiful.

Lol, every time I take the quiz it tells me I'm a cricket, but I see myself in all the bugs. Until today. Your explanation makes me a 100% cricket. Thanks Cass! Also, learning that husband is a butterfly has really helped me to be more understanding. My mantra is he just organizes differently.

I'm a Bee. ChatGPT certainly nailed my "function over form" attitude, down to mentioning that I don't *mind* things that are aesthetic, but that it's way down on the list of requirements. I have an intolerance of having to go through several layers of organization (or a drawer full of unrelated things) in order to lay my hands on what I want. It has to be on a shelf, on the wall, or in a drawer, where I can instantly see it. I can feel the rage building when I have to take a lid off of something.

Finding out I was a bumblebug and that my partner was a butterfly was HUGE for us - we've been slowly working on improving our home. Heck, my man even calls himself a butterfly now haha (and he is the BIGGEST butterfly on the planet) - something as simple as a 'cleaning supply bin' took so much stress of myself, it was ridiculous. One thing I've really been trying to stick to is 'one thing a day' - so even if I just put one receipt in the right spot / garbage, I'm slowly marching towards improvment. ❤ I love your channel, and the community you've created, and I really enjoy being here 😊

Monica Gellar: Ladybugs extraordinaire. 😂 They really wrote her perfectly.

Cass, Ive been watching your videos a long time. Love you, love your message. I couldn't say for sure one style that fits me. But, I've still learned so much from you. I've learned that I can choose how I want to organize my space, based on what works for me and those who share my space. There's more than one right way to do it. Also, now that I'm older, I see a progression through the years. My mom called me a clutterbug 50 years ago 😂. Maybe thats what drew me to you. My home is pretty clean and organized these days. I've learned over the years how to manage that. You give people so many valuable tools to help them on their journey. And, may I say, you may not consider yourself articulate, yet you have given a lot of people a whole vocabulary on cleaning and organizing. Girl, you are rocking it! A tool, i. e. AI, is nothing without someone to build it and someone to weild it. You have been on both sides of that tool. Thats pretty cool! Stopping now, the rhymes are weird. 😂

I’ve been trying to figure out which bug I was for months! Hearing the weaknesses was so helpful. It sealed the deal for me that I am a cricket!! Piles are most certainly (an awful) part of the process!!!!

I am a Cricket. And I agree with almost everything except my house is filled (not cluttered) with treasured items that belonged to family members. It makes me feel close to them and makes me smile. Uniqueness should be treasured. Thanks for sharing!

"Bees like their stuff" yep!😂

I have to admit this video confused me more 😂 I always thought of myself as a ladybug. I want my house to look tidy but I am lazy so I just throw things in drawers and cupboards. I am not sentimental or bothered about the feel of my home so not the personality of a ladybug at all. It’s kind of like horoscopes, a little bit of every one sounds like me but none of them are completely me. I liked the description on your website best of tidy on the outside but messy on the inside. That describes my home (and me) best 😊

Oh my gosh I had to watch the end four times because I was laughing so hard from the clip of the stuff going in the oven! I think I must be a butterbee. I sure like my stuff and can’t part with any of it but I really like when it’s organized but i generally just end up with piles. Especially of mail and papers on my desk. Your teaching by style has helped me more than any other. You explain it better than you think. Thank you!

In the quiz I come up as a bee but I’ve got definite butterfly tendencies so I call myself a butterbee but watching this video I think I may actually be stronger in the butterfly area than bee instead of vice versa. I’m detail oriented but I’m not ridged most of the time anyway. I can leave some degree of trails although better about this than I used to be. In this video I’m closer to a butterfly. So, all said, I will continue to claim butterbee because I am definitely a combination. 😂

Cas, you changed my life. I have a husband and my eldest daughter who are butterflies, second daughter is a ladybug, third daughter is a bee on the autism spectrum. Youngest is a Cricket like me. Compromise in the lounge room are display cabinets, allows us to see everything that I can have layed out the way that is pleasing to my eye and my husband can see all the things. I have been able to help my daughters with organisation that fits with their style. I have Chronic Fatigue Syndrome and a Cricket. I have to rely on my butterfly 🦋 husband for everything. You can imagine what it's been like since I have not been able to do what I used to do. Thank you, my marriage is so much better because I understand what my husband needs 😊

Sooo grateful. I feel so much stronger and empowered now that I've discovered and embrace my style(s). For years I've been pining over not understanding how I could be so brilliant in other areas of my life, but suck at organizing. I have a path forward now. I'm addicted to digging myself out of the clutter and the emotional trauma of being judged or forced to organize in a way that's not for me. Thank you so much! You deserve a Nobel Peace Prize for your work. You are truly changing lives, and I can't wait to share this joy with others.

I've gotten both butterfly and ladybug from the quiz, but this video confirms once and for all I am a butterfly. My late mother was likely a ladybug... which is why I am STILL clearing out her stuff years after she passed.

I was struggling with figuring out what bug i might be, but Cass's description of the piles as part of the process ... "for years!" confirms it - cricket. I guess that also explains the seriously detailed way I organized my mother-in-law's two drawers (!) of writing utensils while bouncing on a pregnancy ball trying to get labor started. It didn't induce labor, but her drawers looked great!

I think that the fact that was written by AI is absolute crazypants! I'm a bee and it nailed me almost perfectly. It goes to show what a great system you created.

You have helped me so much Cass! I always thought i sucked at organising because i saw other people putting things away like crickets and i thought i had to do that but im actually a bee with butterfly tendencies. Now i dont feel like a organising failure anymore! I feel like ive finally found my systems the work! Thank you!

Chat gpt😂 so cool! Love the explanation. I finally know now, i am a Cricket, but partly visual orientated. Only in my paintroom i am a butterfly😅 I am now in week 3 of massive decluttering and simplifying and it makes such a change in my home. And i dont miss the stuff at all. In the first week it was multiple car rides to the dump and donation, and i still find so much stuff that can leave. I am now in the organasingstage. Und work with the containermethode. When it doesnt fit, i minimalize instead of taking it to the attic. Thank you, cas, for all your work and motivation.

❤ I think I'm a butterfly. I have stuff everywhere.

I’m definitely a cricket. And my roommate is a total butterfly. A bit frustrating.

Oh, wow. I WAS convinced I was a ladybug. The macro organizing, the putting the open bins behind doors, not minding digging in a macro bin to find something but needing it to be quick & easy to put things away. Yet today, I didn’t seem to fit ladybug AT ALL. I sounded more like a bee, which before I felt I was the LEAST like. I could NEVER keep up with a detailed organization! I’m stymied. Maybe it’s due to my health. I have such fatigue I’m changing my home to function as effortlessly as possible. (Almost to the point of ridiculousness.) I’m on my way from near hoarding to minimalism. Your 30 day boot camp inspired my husband to join in the cause. This is no longer a borderline hoarder home, but it’s still FAR from minimal. Looking forward to April’s All Day Declutter. Thanks, Cass. I still think you beat AI hands down.

Wow, that was crazy pants and lots of fun 😁I realize now that I am a bee,🐝 Thank you

I’m a cricket and since discovering you cast, my entire home is organized. What’s interesting Is that my mother has in the past, referred to my home as “stark“. I find comfort in its minimalism.

Your quiz on styles helped me soo much realize I am a butterfly. I like to see my things, so I have many items to see around me. When I see pics of a kitchen or LR without personal items it makes my skin crawl haha. Thanks Cas

I was just thinking about the differences between the detail levels and wrote this out the other day: Cricket vs ladybug OR Bee vs butterfly: Would you rather: A. Expend a slight bit of effort to put things away for the sake of ease of finding it next time OR B. Expend a slight bit of effort in finding things for the sake of ease of putting them away? If you chose A, you lean cricket/bee. If you chose B, you lean ladybug/butterfly. Y'all .. is this nonsensical or does it track?

Hi Cas, I think you do a fabulous job at explaining things and providing examples. You've totally changed my life! Thank You! I took the test several times, and I always come out as a cricket. But I like to make things look pretty and cozy too. I still like things put away but not bare. It's peaceful to me! ❤

I think this video is the best at explaining the styles! However it’s more about the examples you showed - perfect way to demonstrate the strengths and weaknesses!! I’m a combination of Butterfly and Bee. Probably more Butterfly but also like function and efficiency like a Bee. And I also have many projects going at once, and can’t sit and do nothing!!

Cas!!! This video was so helpful for me! I've taken the quiz multiple times over the past couple years, and TBH was still never really sure which bug I am. I came out as something different each time based on my mood that day or something. But this explanation made it so very clear that I'm a ladybug (with some cricket tendencies in certain places). And I was also able to identify the styles of others....my husband, a bee; my sister in law, a cricket; my granddaughter, a butterfly. Don't ever think that you're not a good teacher! You have taught me so much about creating a better home. You're funny, and you're honest, and you're real..... when I watch your videos, I feel like I'm listening to a friend who's got my back! We all have our weaknesses, but you've now identified something to help you with yours of articulating your thoughts. And it worked so well! Have a great day, and thank you!

I've never been able to really decide which bug I am, but last month I discovered that I really want my home to look like yours, but it's not serving me well. I need things more functional than anything else. So I decided to set things up for function. I don't know where this is going to end up, because I like the look of things tidy and in lidded boxes, but can't really make myself put the lid on the box and put things away. The element of taking time to do that makes me really anxious, but so does the cluttered look of strictly functional organizing. I guess I will eventually figure it out. I really like this way of citing the differences between the bug, though. Oh, and here's a funny thing, the interiors of my cabinets and closets are pretty and organized but the outside room is a mess. I don't know what that means.

It's really cool to see a creator embrace AI and how it elevates your ideas even more and creates more accessibility and sharing that information rather than fearing that it will take away from you and your business and ideas. It's a really cool application of AI

Nope, I like the way you have explained it in the past better than AI! I kept feeling like something was a little off in this video, and I could not peg my style after years of watching your videos and taking the test! I think you explain it very well, so cut yourself some slack, Cass!

I am 100% a cricket. I love being able to put my hands on any item I need within 15 seconds and to be able to return it to its designated spot within 15 seconds. I do not want to dig through stuff for hours or even minutes to find my desired item. I cringe at the other 3 types for this reason. But I also love the zen atmosphere in a cricket room, because I can think clearly and feel peaceful. I am definitely a minimalist. I add and display very few artistic, creative, homey, personal, or family-oriented touches in a room to add that homey feel, but it is never overstimulating or distracting. I love peaceful, zen-like rooms with exquisite function. This helps me complete all my projects in record time before all other bug types. I love being a cricket, because I protect my time and energy. I love this video explaining all the differences between the 4 bug types.

This did explain it a bit better. I think what you said at the end about A.I. was very interesting and informative. Thanks for sharing.

I was sorta torn between being a bee or a cricket -- until I saw this video! I am 100% BEE! 🐝🐝🐝

I always envied my sister in law's home. It's always pristine & spotless; each person's room is 100% customized. I'd think why can't I keep up with my house? Why can't i give each of my kids a personalized bedroom? Now i know she's a lady bug and what disasters must be hiding in all the cabinets. I'm a bee 🐝 and am no longer envious 😆 Thanks AI Cass

Okay, so yes, I did finally realize that I’m a cricket and why as I listened to you, but hey, you have already explained cricket-ness so well so many times that a robot whose skill is synthesizing information had no trouble explaining what you teach. And who put the creativity in the graphics and editing? Not a chat bot. Nope. And who else can put so much of herself into saying “amaze-balls”? Only you, Cass🥰

In the past I thought I am a Cricket, but after this video I think I may be a Bee.

🤯WOW! I have struggled to nail down the Clutterbug styles for myself and boyfriend until this video! I am a Ladybug and I live with an absolute Bee 😃 Thank you so much for doing this video!!! I have a much better idea of what direction I can take getting our home organized. I already started with the kitchen counters and so far it is working like a dream! I followed a couple of suggestions from several of your videos... File papers out of sight, but handy... Family binder with important papers, documents, info... I got pretty wicker baskets to hide the daily pill case and keys. I used the same idea to hide tools we had piled in one spot on the counter. Every time I see that, I think about how nice it looks now. Thank you Cass 💙

This has clarified for me that im a Beebug. I want the warm, cozy home, but I am definitely a Bee with a capital B. This was a great video Cass.

I can relate to all of the bugs the more i hear about them 🥴

Thank you 💕🦋

I have a pretty sedentary life while I'm currently unemployed. My last 5 years have consisted of moving to and from places and never really stayed anywhere longer than 16 months. Until i saw your videos, I seriously did not realise the amount of clutter I carried from place to place. (literally scrap paper, broken bobby pins, sea shells, singular socks that don't have a pair, you name it!) These videos help me so much I feel like I have some clarity. Its like i don't have to go through the whole haystack to find the pin and now things in my life can slot in to place cause i'm not spending hours trying to find my tweezers, or organise one of my many miscellaneous drawers (one at a time), or clean one tiny thing only to wait another month to clean the other half of my fridge. I'm moving again in under a year and hope it will be easy thanks to your videos :)

Wow! Your reveal at the end was surprising!! It is a bit scary but it is as if you had a class write a report on your Clutterbug thesis and this AI report was from one of your top students. This is just a new presentation of all YOUR ORIGINAL IDEAS!

I am definitely mostly cricket. Today's video showed that i have a little bee mixed in. Very helpful. Video also showed were AI can be helpful.

I am a big big ladybug !!!! 😂

You are so right about how you describe what I want out of a butterfly organization Cas. And you know what isn't working for me at all because of the flexibility that I crave? Labeling 😂 I just constantly change my setup so it always works best for me. The maximum I will do with labeling for my ladybug husband, who DEFINITELY needs his labels, and only when something has been in a certain way for a while, is edding on Painter's tape so it's easy to remove (and no, those labels with chalk don't work because it would require cleaning them, which is just that one step too many which I just won't do). After this video, it's so clear that my character is a bee though. And I really want to organize like a bee but it took me many failed systems to understand that bee is my fantasy organizing self. So the personality you describe for a bee here fits me best. I am a very logical person and perfectionist, don't care abouth esthetics, just want efficiency and thus I love micro categories - so it's not surprising that I would love to be a bee organizer, your description of bee and best fitting organizing style are spot on. But I just don't stick to it, it is just not simple enough for me and my ADHD brain. Since I started my butterfly setups, our home finally looks so much tidier. Although most crickets and ladybugs would probably feel close to a panic attack when entering 😂 thankfully my husband is a kind of ladybug who organizes his stuff in that way but isn't bothered by my visual butterbee stuff So for any ADHDler bees out there - if you are struggling to organize despite Cas' amazing categories, give butterfly organization a try. I found that visual is more important for me than macro-/micro organizing because otherwise it just doesn't exist for me 😂

I'm so a ladybug! Used to think I was a cricket but in real life, I'm more of a ladybug. I'm super guilty of hiding things behind cupboards and in containers. Slowly working on setting up my spaces behind the cupboard doors and drawers to support my desire to put away quickly. Like in bins without lids. Thanks for helping me understand myself better so I can create a harmonious home ❤

I still don't know what I am. I have taken the test multiple times and the results keep changing. I think my problem is that there is the me I am and the me I want to be or think I am and they get mixed up!

I was literally thinking "wow Cass wrote and explained this so well!" AI is something!!

Finally! I am a "bee" who's been trying to be a "cricket". lol I LOVE organized and clean. Would love to have less, but I LOVE my treasures too much to let go of everything I should. I AM slowly letting go of things, but I just learned that my problems with letting go and trying to deal with all kinds of "changes" is quite normal for me, A BEE! The stress I feel is real, but I know it ok to "let it go, let it go......" ;) Thank you!!!!

It's like you created the Butterfly category just for me! You nailed it when you said we see potential in the chaos. I have trouble getting rid of anything because I can think of 100 different things to do with it. I just don't have time!

Is it okay to be a mixture of two of them?! 🤔

Your 4 style's of Clutterbug Organization work for me. I use all of them, seriously. Thanks for sharing how they work ________🖋🖊🖌🖍!👩‍🎨

I am a butterfly. I've always been curious/envious of the super organized spaces seen in magazines, but could not even begin to make those skills work for me. Now I'm designing a new kitchen and I've figured out that a way more casual approach will work for me. Instead of planning where everything will fit and having dividers made for every drawer to fit each thing I own (and driving myself crazy), I'll just have some inserts ready to separate things-- like my flatware in one tray instead of trying to sort it all out. My pantry along the wall started as open shelves, but needed something to reduce the sunlight hitting my glass containers of food and the visual clutter. So I added doors, but they had to be doors that when opened gave me a maximum clear view of the contents, so I opted for wardrobes with floor to ceiling doors. Now I understand why I have these urges and how to work with them.

I am a Cricket and I live alone. Almost everywhere in the house I have bins or boxes that contain my things. But there are 4 areas where I use clear boxes instead. I use Container clear drawer boxes for my shoes, the small items for workout, and my tools and tool things (i.e. nails, screws, glue, etc). I also use 2 clear boxes in my kitchen cupboards because they fit. And I don't mind seeing my things in the clear containers if I have them in cabinets.

Yep! I am a cricket! I think you explain the styles just fine. AI just compacted it into a precise delivery but it’s all been said and taught by you originally over many years. That’s where AI got it from. It’s crazy how it can impersonate us! 😮 But never replace us. I love your life’s work. It’s a beautiful contribution to us who love to be organized. You help so many people feel better about their homes. Thank you!

I’ve watched you for years, bought all your books, done your courses, and always thought I’m probably a Cricket but it never felt entirely accurate. From this video I am now certain that I’m a Bee. ChatGPT agrees that my Myers Brigg is also a Bee (ENTJ). This has been fascinating to me. Thanks Cass!

Oh my goodness! You nailed my Bee style! Yes, you got it!

I'd love to see a series on what to do when two different bug types live with each other! I'm a ladybug and my DH is a butterfly....sometimes it's not pretty!!

lol omg now this video makes so much sense! i was sitting here thinking this is not how cass described the four bugs before?! the way you described them before made soo much sense to me and i actually diagnosed all my family without having them take the quiz! but these personality traits and strengths/weaknesses didn’t resonate for us. you are better than a.i, cass! it can’t replace you!

This video has the best explanation yet. I've taken the quiz multiple times with the same result every time. (insanity?) I used to think I identified as a cricket (while never getting cricket as the result of the test). This video explains why I'm not a cricket at all.

Great overview. I am mostly butterfly. I stayed in this hotel about two years ago and the closet system was for me. It was open drawers were where I could see everything. I loved it. If I can't see it I forget about it. I haven't purchased a nice chest of drawers to put my daily items in. So, over years of not buying functional pieces has hurt me in getting organized. But, thank you for your work in this area.

I think it was a great explanation. I am either a butterfly with a low clutter threshold, because too much clutter does start to stress me, or I am a ladybug who needs low enough amounts of stuff that I don’t forget what’s behind the door or in the drawers. I do like color and to see my pretty things and if I can’t see it I forget it, but I also get stressed if too much stuff is out on view.

Wow so many thoughts! I loved this video. I’m a Bee and I definitely struggle with putting off things until I can do it completely and perfectly. But I’ve gotten a lot of my house decluttered and organized thanks to your advice and tips!! But also, looking around my house I sometimes compare it to magazine spreads or minimalists who have their house looking clean and organized and sparse compared to mine and sometimes I worry that it looks “wrong”. But I’m a Bee and as a Bee, I can’t put everything away and make my house look like that. I need to have things out (pans on countertops, things we use daily, etc.) so that I can see it and remember that it’s there and access it easily. Also, watching this I realize I grew up in a house with a ladybug (my mom) and she would often clean the house but it would be presentable yet messy - cupboards and cabinets and closets were a mess but the living room looked nice in case people came over. And she’d often move all of my stuff into my room and tell me not to put it downstairs (even if I needed it there!). Thanks for explaining it like this - I think it helped a lot ❤

I've known I was a cricket for a long time and tend to have piles of "later" clutter. So I never realized how much I liked the minimal look until I had to put away the month old photo frames I put on my desk to make room for a project and found it so much more relaxing.

This was amazing! I have a much better understanding of the four typs. Now I know why I am not a Cricket like I thought I was. Eveytime I took the clutterbug quiz it seemed to come out now me at all. The quiz says I am a Butterfly. Now after seeing you explaining the things as you did, I get why the quiz says I am a Butterfly. Not everything fits, but a lot of it does. Actually I am a blend between Butteryfly and Ladybug. I love things to be beautiful and cozy and i value beauty over functionality. Thank you Cas for helping to clear up some of my confusion.

I always thought you explained it really well, but now I feel like I am more cricket than ladybug. Well, I do like the feel of my home to be cozy and inviting and simple but I thrive on function and systems. But, am I like that now b/c I figured out my strengths and weaknesses and have worked on them ...who knows...haha!!!

Cass! I was literally just thinking about the kind of clutter bug I am. I made a mental note to look through your videos for that one video I watched a while back, so I could remember what I am, to help me reorganize my life since I moved recently. I’m in the process of unpacking and am taking this chance to further declutter and properly organize my things. Your video today is a Godsend! 😆💕

I’m a professional organizer and i can walk in and tell if someone is a butterfly in .2 seconds 😂. Ive had clients even take your quiz! I love your methods ❤

I’m a 100% ladybug 🙈 And also creative as the butterfly, I get inspired by things, but yes I love putting sweet pictures around and making the house feel cozy. I’m currently having a mess in my room due to too many things I have and not enough containers for them, but I’m working on it and will go towards my dream room. Thank you so much for your help! ❤️ And I wish everyone success with the organizing stuff ☺️ You’ve got this!

Thank you! I'm a bee but not as rigid so I may be part butterfly. The visual insects fly longer than the hidden insects.

Guurrrrlll, you've helped me for years understand myself, forgive myself and made me a better mom by falling in love with my home again and care for my family with pride in place of what used to be stress and anxiety. The funny quirky personality of yours that kept me laughing just always lightened my day made everything you said so real life. AI could never do that.

I’m definitely a combination of a butterfly and a bee. I’m mostly a butterfly, my husband always pokes fun at my side table next to the couch because no matter how big it is or how often we try to tidy it up again, it always ends up covered in crochet projects because that’s where I do most of my crocheting and I’m notorious for getting excited about a new project and starting it before I’ve finished older ones. But my yarn shelf brings me lots of joy because I organized it by color and in such a way that I can easily find whatever yarn I need from my stash. I also have always had a messy room, messy dorm, messy house. But most of the time if you ask me where something is I know exactly where to look to find it. My memory is so selective like that lol At the same time, books and movies have to be alphabetized, spices should be separate from herbs, etc. and I am absolutely a creature of habit like a bee and when things don’t go to plan I break down way too easily lol and very often I struggle with being organized because I want it to be correct and perfect, but I don’t have the capacity in that moment. It’s amazing how well I relate to each. My husband, in the other hand is such a ladybug. He will tidy the table by putting everything in a storage bin to go through and sort at a later date, but at least in the meantime the table is clear 😂 and then I say “where’s our son’s reading log?” And he has no idea lol or he has a drawer set filled with various electronics cords, but they’re all just shoved in there with no real rhyme or reason. But his desk almost always looks clean and clutter free.

Ive been a ladybug for years shoving things in every small gap I can find, but as I declutter each room and set up organizational systems I am turning into a cricket ... Kind of a hybrid, the spaces that arent done im shoving, but the areas Ive done I am able to maintain and have maintained for at least a year or two...

This is the most clear explanation of yours that I have watched. I have been able to distinguish myself in these! I'm definitely a bee!

I'm watching this again, and yes. I still feel like a bee/lady bug. I love the look of the butter fly and lady bug examples. They were sooooooo pretty. However, I NEED ease of function. I will 100% arrange my things so that I can see and access them quickly, over hiding all the functional items and putting solely aesthetic things out on display. But, because I also like pretty and eye-pleasing, I will try to arrange things that are out in the open in a pretty or eye-pleasing way. I do want my home to look and feel like a home and not a work shop lol. If I can have an item out that is both decorative AND useful, then I've hit the jackpot! For example, I have a pewter bread plate with an inspirational quote ingraved in it, and it looks really nice on my kitchen counter. And I don't use it for bread. I use it as my utensil plate when I cook. I also have a small wooden pretty box that a relative used for letter openers and ither things, that I use to hold my chargers and m bluetooth amolifier. It takes up too much space n my kitchen counter when I'm cooking, so it goes in a drawer when zi cook abd I only taje out thecurems that I need to have my entertainment while I pre9 and cook. But when I'm not cooking, it stays on the counter because it adds a littke decor to the kitchen but the cables and chargers are still hidden. If I didn"t have that box, I would've used a lidless container abd put it in that same drawer so that the things on it wouldn't be onbdisplay, but it would still be easy to see and get to agen I need it. It was given to me by a relative, so it's sentimental, pretty in a rustic kind of way, AND functional. I am definitely one who will re-purpose a perfectly functional item if I can think of a practical use for it. Before I will get rid of it lol. But I am also getting better at letting go of things that don't serve a purpose for me right now, or that I really don't know if it will in the future. Of I know I need some type of storage or functional item and I come acrosd an item willl I de-clutter that I can see will serve that very purose. I won't hesitate to use it, rather than bringing in more containers and gadgets. Once I get done with the major messy house de-cluttering, then I can do an organisational container haul and buy more containers, dividers, etc because I'll be able to vidualise the big picture better. But right now, I'm focusing on getting rid of things little by little each day and each week, organising and cleaning as I go, and maintaining what areas are de-cluttered. Bring more conyainers in rught now would overwhelm my brain with more clutter. I only add an orgsnising item wgen I know I absolutely have no way to store something that I really want or need to keep. Otherwise, it's about taking advantage of the space that I have and not wasting that doace on things that I and my family don't want or need. We are practical maximalists in this house lol. We don't loke hanging onto things we don't nedd and probably never will, but we absolutely keep things we want. Need, and use

I really enjoyed this video about organizing styles with their strengths and weaknesses. So incredible what AI can do when you figure out how to use it. I think it's been 2 years since I took the clutterbug quiz and figured out I'm a bee and my husband is a cricket. It really brings to light why I have been struggling to be more adaptable in a challenging health season and why my focus has been so much on adjusting my systems to work for me in this season.

This makes so much sense I’m definitely a butterfly, I have some bee tendencies but over all I’m a butterfly and my husband is a lady bug, so naturally we drive each other a little bonkers.

🐝 girrrrlll.... I've never felt so SEEN in my WHOLE LIFE!!! You described me to a tee!! 😂💖

Thank you SO much for this!!!😊 You are awesome, and incredibly inspiration!!!🤩💕😊