*NEW* Organizing Ideas and Tips for Crickets!

[@Lashlove16]

I clicked so quickly . I am sure there is a huge line of ppl that want to be your bestie. I would

[@thelittlemaldos1389]

I remember as a child being told to clean my room, and taking everything out of drawers, closets and turning around to see my mother horrified at the mess. To my mom, cleaning meant a quick pick up… to me it meant aligning my markers in my desk, folding every item in my dresser… etc. It would take my hours, but I loved the end result. This would drive her nuts. My mother’s style of cleaning, surfaces clean and don’t look in the drawers. Ahhhhh

[@danadenton92]

Lol this is me and my husband! As long as nothings out my husband thinks a room is clean. To me unless everything is perfectly organized, the room is messy.

[@constantinaolstedt]

😂​@@danadenton92

[@constantinaolstedt]

Oh, I get it!

[@mitzifox4601]

I am 100% a CRICKET! I thought you might put up a picture of me when you were describing a CRICKET! Total perfectionist here & find myself NOT doing something because I want it to be absolutely perfectly organized & put away. It can be paralyzing for any progress to happen! Even more so because I live with my husband & 14 yr old daughter who are absolutely NOT crickets!

[@barbaracorbett8234]

That is so me! Ugh!

[@luna7453]

@@barbaracorbett8234 me too, compassionate thought from France :) we can do it :)

[@luna7453]

👌Hi :) totally cricket too in the paperwork area :) since I discover this cricket category, I could understand how my brain works and needs and since i am learning habits that can help me :) I start to walk out more to let my crazy mind blows away and since I notice that I feel better , day after day :) and the days I do not go out many days, the overthinking craziness starts to come back.. ;) it is not an organisation tip at all ;) but if it can help the other tired crickets of their own extremism with their overthinking that sincerely made me even totally paralysed sometimes and even blocked me for evolving in the new dream work path and since i noticed how my brain works, i discover that some habits totally helps me and had impact on my ability to face and do :). Since I move and go out more, walking, cycling, breathing, doing concrete things, gardening, or even just going to the recycling point in the next corner, (as in france we have recycling point on the street sometimes for area and not in each house :) it allows the mental to breath and stop, it helps me to survive 😅 after the physical movement, I feel fresher and more energy to face the pile, as I come back with the positive effect of feeling to have accomplish something :) it can be other manual physical activity, cooking, repairing the clothes etc, depending on each one ability and facilities of course, so then I use that distance taken to dive directly with what stressed me before :) it really helps me to disconnect the mind and use our perfectionism :) to avoid the overthinking that blocks me before.. to turn it into a good thing ;) finally :) we can do it ! :) then i am not on ritual habit.. but I notice to do it more helps me to balance my mind, to let go a bit the overthink and to do more after a break as before I could even block on a task or hide it, and feel not to take a break until i did not find a way to organise this work project , over categorising ideas.. etc :) we can do it too, courage to all crickets and everyone of course :)

[@threejeans6084]

Ditto, and the cricket organized clips had me 🤤! I also enjoy watching At Home with Nikki 🤗.

[@janetsmith2104]

This video so perfectly describes ME!!!😏

[@tintalowyn6176]

Definitely a cricket here. 😬 Perfectionist, always putting things away and very stressed out if things are out in the open. My best friend is a butterfly and when I visit her I secretly dream of putting all her stuff behind closed doors so I can focus again. I know that I‘m very weird. 😂

[@Kate.West.]

me to! if I'm left too long alone in a room I start to unconsciously tidy it.

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

That is SOOOO me!!

[@cindynielson4231]

My husband is a butterfly, drives me crazy. 😠👍

[@debbykidd9813]

@@cindynielson4231 Mine too...

[@SweetnSassyMamaOf2]

Same!

[@lindamaglione7189]

The clutterbug styles were such a help to me! I am a cricket living with a butter/bee husband. The breakthrough for me was when I realized what I really needed to do was declutter, rather than re-organizing all the time to make all the stuff fit.

[@robinhorton4462]

A Cricket here too! Never could figure out how I was a perfectionist but had piles and projects everywhere. Thank you for clearing this up. Love how you make us all feel good about ourselves no matter which bug we are. 🦗

[@neenandthebean169]

I am 100% cricket! Through and through. Once I became a minimalist, and got rid of nearly everything…(and that really is not an exaggeration, the pandemic purge was real)..It made life so much easier. It became a joy to organize, because it is super easy to organize perfectly when you hardly have anything to organize!

[@queenofputrescence5167]

I am with you! I went minimalist over five years ago when I had to downsize my Mom from 3,000 square feet to an 800 square foot assisted living apartment. I was not going to put my kids through that! With very few things left to organize, it's super easy!

[@VioletJoy]

Yes, same here!! I'm still working on downsizing, but it totally helps.

[@jackiem9460]

I'm a minimalist too and I love it! It's easy to tidy when it only takes 3 minutes for the whole house. Now cleaning, that's another story lol

[@VioletJoy]

@@jackiem9460 💯

[@neenandthebean169]

@@queenofputrescence5167 This is definitely why the whole Swedish death cleaning thing has caught on. I told my parents, who have a lot of stuff, that when I become responsible for that stuff it’s going in the trash. I will choose a few items that are truly meaningful, that I know they love very much, and that I cherish. But the rest of it is goes. I didn’t say this quite as harsh as the way it sounded when I just wrote this. LOL but it helped, because they have since been motivated to start getting rid of things they don’t need or use anymore.

[@norlingar3005]

You described me completely…. Neat organized piler, procrastinator, waiting for the right shelves, etc.

[@Clutterbug]

:)

[@jenniewren9351]

I’m the same. Feeling bad for my ladybug hubby and butterfly daughter.

[@poppyseed389]

Omg this is so accurate 😂 the "later piles" and dreams of having an already-set up intricate detailed system

[@jf6962]

My 'later piles' have moved to the office. I am organizing room by room and that is the last stop before the garage. 😆

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

My dad's a cricket and has always had "death piles" of paper (yes, it's exactly what it sounds like - he even had a comic strip taped to his bathroom mirror for a long time that basically poked fun at that exact thing - the comic called it the "dining room table system", and I had crossed out "dining room" and written "kitchen"; my dad was the one who told me to tape it to the mirror, just to be clear), and back when I was in 12th grade he actually put one of my school essays in it (I think I had set it on the kitchen table or something like that); a week or two later, when I went looking for it but couldn't find it anywhere (I knew I had brought it home, so I knew it had to be *_SOMEWHERE!!!),_* when I told my teacher that that was likely where it had ended up, my teacher didn't believe me one bit (he basically accused me of outright lying, thinking it was a pretty pathetic and made-up excuse) and almost made me rewrite the entire thing (we had gotten our essays back to make edits before resubmitting), until my parents went through my dad's death piles on the kitchen table and, lo and behold, my essay *_was_* in there, and they promptly called my teacher and told him as such. My teacher was very careful about accusing me of outright lying after that.

[@christinegagne4262]

Piles! Oh my! That's how I knew I was a cricket. Afflicted with perfectionism and always procrastinating. A big part of embracing my organizing style is recognizing it doesn't have to be cricket all the time. I don't mind puting in the work to fold all my clothes and have categories on the shelves for my pants but am I interested in having multiple categories of files? Certainly not. Dealing with papers with a ladybug approach has lifted a lifelong weight off my shoulders. Finding solutions and organizing in ways that work for my lifestyle is more important than chasing perfection. Understanding how other organizing styles think has made me a more understanding person and has proved handy in job related settings, thank you so much!

[@Diniecita]

But don’t bees pile too?

[@luna7453]

inspiring :) thank you :)

[@janetsmith2104]

Lol, well stated...I didn't realize it is an affliction, yet, it is... realizing it's an affliction; I deal with it and move on!

[@christinegagne4262]

@@Diniecita I also prefer hidden storage, which was the first clue.

[@debbiedouglass1478]

This certainly describes me. I'm a cricket! I've managed the majority of my home. My piles are in my office. I don't even want to go in there. In fact the "Jaws" music plays in my head when I walk through. I must tackle this challenge!

[@Clutterbug]

YES, you must! Even if it's just setting a timer for 5 minutes. Just get in there and start!

[@debbiedouglass1478]

Your comment of "just put it in order" for now and then decide on the best type of system is exactly what I need to get started. Believe me I'll analyze and plan it to death! At least I'll be able to walk through and not keep the light off! Thank you so much! I'll keep you posted!❤

[@sonyad7723]

Jaws music!!!! Great visual of your piles!!! Lol Good luck with your decluttering and organizing:)

[@Pheonix1111]

Even when I was a very young child, I naturally gravitated to and loved organizing. Organizing is 100% fun. I am 100% a cricket. I feel incredible peace and relief when every item is in its hidden designated spot. I love being able to put my hands on any item I need within 15 seconds, use it immediately, and then return it to its spot the moment I am finished using it. I love clean mostly empty surfaces. Tasteful beautiful decorations are permitted, but they are kept to a minimum. 🦗🦗🦗🦗🦗

[@MelindaPlainandSimple]

I'm a cricket with a very low clutter threshold and too much stuff. I'm decluttering. I'm married to a butterfly who likes stuff, visible and spread out. I declutter around his things. Knowing about different thresholds and different styles makes it easier to find balance so we can both be comfortable in our home. Thanks, Cas!

[@6hZCBpMy]

I can relate so much to the cricket and low clutter threshold!

[@jeannecharlson9678]

ahaha! loved that you dressed in each video to match the organization style. (Yellow/black for bee, green for cricket, red/black for lady bug, etc.!) You pegged me in this cricket video! I am now going to try to settle for good enough. Wish me luck!

[@jeanetteh.9240]

Your kindness is so comforting.

[@AnitaGOwens]

Oh, I am DEFINITELY a cricket! Ugh....the piles! I have the binders, I use spreadsheets, I plan everything to death! Nailed it!!!

[@debbykidd9813]

I too am a cricket in most things and a bee in others, but live with two butterflies. I can plan my life to death. Just never have the time (or help) to get it all done. I'm a work in progress.

[@ronjab4586]

Same here - all those piles adding to my to do list but never finding the time for that perfect system. And living with a butterfly husband 😆 but I recently embraced his butterfly persona after I learned about the different organizing styles on here - we now have baskets without lids everywhere. So much more maintainable than my previous complex systems - our place is so much more tidy and clean now. Things get done because it's so easy to keep up. It saved my sanity with two young kids 😊😉

[@thelittlemaldos1389]

Packing for a trip…. Agonizing for me… but I am always happy about putting in the time when we arrive. I remember when my 3 were little and I would prepare ziploc bags of complete outfits for every day, for each child, for a week vacay. My sister in law looked at my like I was nuts … she didn’t say it but I saw the look 😆

[@erint933]

Ms Cass, seriously this is amazing and NEEDS to be part of every pre-marital counseling!😁👍 It would save a couple from so many fights over silly, yet important stuff. Wow I also wish my Dad could hear this bcs he's totally a cricket and I wasn't so that was tough. Thx, great info!! I'm looking fwd to the next 2 videos!❤❤❤

[@LilyMunstar0223]

agree!!!!!

[@belorama8]

As a cricket married to a butterfly, I wholeheartedly agree.

[@pinkroses135]

It really does have a bigger impact than people realize

[@autumnclack6073]

I was laughing out loud when you were describing a cricket because it was so spot on...as I put my pile of mail in my spare bedroom to get put in my filing cabinet because I wanted time to purge and file...do it right. I don't want help from others because they don't do it "right". I am 100% aware my need for perfectionism is annoying and totally unfair to others I hold to the same level. Glad to know there are others out there like me lol.

[@Clutterbug]

:)

[@Jessica_Jones]

Total cricket here 🙋🏼‍♀️ Can't believe I "misdiagnosed" myself last year and thought I was a ladybug...this video describes be almost to a T, lol Thanks first to Dawn from The Minimal Mom, I began to slowly start letting go of the perfect system a couple years ago and just telling myself, "Okay, this isn't going to be precisely what I want, BUT, the baskets are pretty, and I can always change up how I use them." Lo and behold, these small improvements not only led to a feeling of confidence and success, but I also just felt generally better because it allowed me to face things on my own time (instead of feeling pressured and guilted by something sitting out for months and months!) Over time as I have continued to declutter, I have found that while I prefer to have things hidden away for visual simplicity, I also very much prefer to see everything I have when I open a door, drawer, or cupboard. I also realized after hearing Alejandra talk about preferring binders for important papers that a filing cabinet is not for me except on very rare occasions! So I am very much cricket, but also a little bit bee 😉

[@Clutterbug]

Glad you figured it out!

[@rachellehempel3684]

Cass, I took your quiz awhile ago on organizing styles. I went back and forth on my answers but, in the end, came up as a Cricket. This video sealed the deal. Yep, described me to a tee. The firstborn perfectionist in me gets in the way sometimes. In my next life, I will be perfect. Today, good enough, is good enough!

[@patkern185]

I'm basically a Ladybug but have longed to be a Cricket for decades. I've incorporated "normal" organizing systems that look great when I first set them up but those setups have a tendency to fail because, despite my efforts, I'm really a Ladybug. I have incorporated some of Nikki's organizing tips in my small galley kitchen and bathrooms but I know I would never keep up with most of her methods. I've finally learned to start with Ladybug techniques. I can always tweak them more Cricket-like if I feel I need a more detailed system (I usually don't 😁) Cass, your "Clutterbugs" are the most helpful way to help us identify how we can successfully manage our stuff. I can't thank you enough! XXOO ❤️

[@Clutterbug]

You are so welcome!

[@janetnelson273]

I have been learning though that "good enough" doesn't have to be perfect. Thank God. What a relief!

[@rosanne7804]

Bless your heart on the car wax. ❤️ I know it was so upsetting when it happened but, as you said, you embraced it. And now…. a funny memory and a great story!

[@dalemakowski4578]

I am a cricket but I do not procrastinate. I have no piles. But I love these organization ideas.

[@NaneeH63]

I have no piles either. I love organization but am not that good at it. My husband has a higher clutter threshold than I, but he is better at organizing his things. I'm not very visual, it's too much stimulation for my mind to handle and stresses me. I'm am a cricket who loves having less things.

[@hollyandrewsyourrealtor]

Cricket here!!! I want to turn my husband from a crazy bee to a cricket lolol. Thank you for the car story I was cracking up!

[@evanneofficial]

It's funny, my dad is a cricket and my mum is a butterfly so growing up I've seen how systems sometimes just don't work in a household. I'm also a cricket and my husband is also a butterfly so since finding this out I'm trying the ladybug method. Sometimes he'll put stuff away because it's easy (especially easier than my cricket system from before) but sometimes he forgets because it's out of sight and out of mind for him. I don't mind anymore, I now know he doesn't do this on purpose and because it's macro organized, I just put his stuff away in no time. Both happy and the house is clean 😊

[@flylikeabowtie]

I’m a bit of a mix of a Cricket and a Bee. It really depends on the space. Also, the way you were describing crickets (mainly when people touch their piles) sounds a lot like someone who is neurodivergent, more specifically an autistic person - I say this from personal experience. I get incredibly overwhelmed and upset when people move my things and touch my things (especially without asking) and don’t put them back where they were. Honestly, it was kind of comforting to hear that others feel this way about their piles/belongings.

[@crazyanimalmama]

Hello fellow neurodivergent Bee/Cricket! Haha I'm also a mix of the two organizing styles and have ADHD. Oh gosh, touching my piles or moving really anything is asking for trouble lol. I know where everything is... Unless it was just in my hand, then it's disappeared into a black hole to be spit out in a random spot and I swear I wasn't there!

[@RustyB14]

So similar to you. Thought I was a Bee but this gave me a little self doubt about that

[@hildalev]

Yep, also neurodivergent, cricket and hate when people move my piles! Now that I simplified my home though it is much easier to set up systems and now I just use everything I've set up.

[@SnowySpiritRuby]

Oh gosh! So true! I'm a cricket, my mom's a bee (dad is cricket, sister I think is part bee, part something else, maybe cricket, maybe butterfly, maybe ladybug, I don't know - I hardly ever go into her room these days). Asperger's and ADHD here (me for sure, I think my mom to a certain extent though she's never been evaluated), and while I admit I had way too much stuff at the time (I didn't start decluttering until after graduating from college), whenever I was away at college (way out of state, so I was home only for Christmas and summer), my mom would "organize" my room, and whenever I came home, I had literally no clue where anything was because she had moved it from where I had left it, and every time I came home, the room would inevitably become a giant mess because things weren't where I left them and I would be tearing things apart trying to find something at the last minute because it wasn't where it was supposed to be. I think what finally slapped her in the face hard enough to get her to stop "organizing" my stuff, though, was repeating the process over and over and over of me needing her to send me something, her asking me where it was, me telling her exactly where I left it, but her looking there and telling me "it's not there" (in a very irritating way), when *_SHE_* was the one to put it somewhere else, *_not_* me, and me basically yelling at her (remember, she always said "it's not there" in a way that implied that it was all my fault) "well, that's where I left it, so if it's not there, it's YOUR FAULT!!" Pissed me off so much back then, and still does 10 years later.

[@janetmajor1152]

I'm a cricket/bee and this video made me realize the areas where I'm a cricket and/or a bee.

[@barbarapinto2305]

Oh Cas, your story is so sad, hilarious, and heartwarming. I would have cried!

[@Clutterbug]

I did!

[@jf6962]

This channel has been so helpful. Ever since I started organizing my house the conversation between the kids and me has changed dramatically. Instead of yelling at them I am asking them more questions. I am a cricket living with butterflies and a bee.

[@Clutterbug]

Glad I can help!

[@gghhiiyy456]

Thank you for your channel! ❤️ You have helped me so much get my apartment decluttered and (on the way to) organized. I agree with your reasons I pile up papers (in a basket lol) and think I’ll get to it later and I would also add that my mind imagines this time of relaxation when I’ll have unpressured time to put them away, plenty of energy and motivation. Haha that hardly ever happens

[@Clutterbug]

Thanks for sharing!

[@anitas5817]

Weellll I’m obviously a cricket. And my husband is a saint. He’s so nice about things and wants me to be happy. So he puts all the forks in the right stacks. Very insightful about why I have piles everywhere. And that the answer to that is to simplify the organization ideas I have.

[@Angela-ni8mo]

When all else fails, read the instructions! LOL 😆😆😆🙃 Better at reading them now, but was always in a hurry to get things done when I was younger.

[@cherylsutton7981]

Hi. My name is Cheryl and I'm a Cricket. This is Crickets Anonymous, right? I just now put things (papers, craft stuff, random electronics, etc.) in neat boxes until I could get bins for them. This video came on and now I am going through those boxes and putting things in OK places just to get it done. I have organizing bins and cannisters on my Amazon wish list and will actually use them but now I see that some of the things I have now are adequate to organize until I can buy the perfect ones. Thank you for pinning me down perfectly. It's so great to know that I am not alone in my piles and binders! (yes, I have binders for everything) You are awesome!

[@ckimble25029]

I actually waited a long time to watch this video because I didn’t think you could possibly know me or how to help BUT this video is so spot on. It was way more helpful than I expected it to be.

[@katiehodges1972]

Can you do a married couple series? My husband is a butterfly and I'm a cricket...so how do we blend our styles?

[@andream219]

You need more visual and clear bins, everyday things should be broader categories so he can maintain it. More detailed sections for your things or less used things so it stays neat. I think the bee style is your best bet at compromise.

[@andream219]

Setting him up with his own butterfly space is needed areas.My boyfriend is a ladybug, folding clothes was a big one, I solved that by just buying 4 bins, one for tank tops, shirts, shorts and sweatpants. Nothing is folded but his mess is contained to a bin and he can look through it himself. Or his keys and papers. A wire paper holder for loose papers and a tray for keys/things to empty his pockets on to. Hooks for a butterfly are helpful. Or a small bin for clean socks and one for dirty. I’m a butterfly so doing that helps me catch my mess and hold me accountable for it.

[@dorothythorpe6183]

Amazing description of me! Your clutterbugs have also been helpful in understanding my dh. I thought something was wrong with him! He's a butterfly -- we just approach things differently. Very comforting to understand him better (after 35 years).

[@ginamarie2349]

I love how you both gave me instruction and spoke to me like a friend who needs to hear, “relax!” I’m sharing this with my husband so he can see I’m learning and trying, lol I definitely do instructions and get very frustrated if I don’t feel they are written clearly because I’m not at all a figure it out as you person….shocker, I know.

[@yunkette]

Cricket describes me PERFECTLY!

[@Micheleoneandonly]

Thanks for doing this update to the organizing styles. They are so on point.

[@Breesbook]

According to the quiz I'm a cricket but I'm glad you mentioned a little bit of lady bug. I do have some micro-organized drawers and others that are not. Your tips have been so helpful. Thank you for being willing to help others too.

[@RebeccaWhite30]

Knowing everyone’s style is such a game changer! Spaces I use are cricket and family areas are butterfly and ladybug.

[@janiebirdthorn]

I’m a cricket….yup! I have watched every video from @home with Nikki and Alejandra Costello…it makes my heart flutter! ❤️ I don’t make piles though….I make a system just like you were talking about that holds me over until I can get back and tweak it to perfection. I have a few spaces that I need to work on, but I’m still waiting to find just the right organizers and then make my labels. Why yes, I am giddy just talking about it! Ha! Have a great week!!

[@Clutterbug]

That's so stinkin' cute ;p

[@onefrugalmom9155]

This is 100% me, especially the piling. The way you explained why I pile made so much sense to me because I am a “if it’s not done right, why do it at all” type person. I love that this video helps me understand why instead of feeling like I’m a crazy lost cause. Lol

[@mommabear123]

I'm dying! Each of your stories gets better and better!!

[@cringirl]

I like your clutter concept. I took the quiz and it says I am a butterfly, but I really like learning about all of the styles. You are doing a great job with all of this, thank you!

[@kristymh823]

Jaw on the floor! There are more of me out there? Who knew?! Thanks for pointing out all my faults, it is information that was well needed. Now, I’m off to empty one of the shopping bags I have collected for each room.

[@FilippaSkog]

Thank you so much for this, Cas! I’m looking forward to the 🐞 one - I’m a 🦗 living with (at least) two of them and I’m so happy to have realised that! Life’s a breeze now that I’ve organised our home ladybug style and everyone seem to be able to keep it tidy. As long as I don’t have to see it all I’m perfectly happy. Macro organising’s actually quite nice with a new baby and all, veeery easy to maintain and very good for combatting my perfectionism!

[@michelleeigsti8859]

My husband is definitely a cricket. And while I wasn’t born a cricket I feel like after 15+ years of marriage to one this ladybug is evolving to be one. I have worked & worked to train myself to put things away, adopting habits etc. and now I’m known as an organized person. I love everything organized but I truly don’t think I was born that way. So if you want to be a more organized person there is hope to become one 😀

[@luna7453]

AND tHIS IS HOW LOVE MAKES MIRACLESSS 😍 so sweet :) me is the other way, I am a cricket and my loved one not at all :) and thanks to him I learnt to let go the over organisation in all area, as clothes, socks :) after years of trying to get well organised the socks drawer for example, one day, I understood how our brain works thanks to these categories and this lovely channel cricket ladybug. :) and then I felt, ohh perfect :) I try :) I bought boxes for socks, underwear etc creating categories where he can toss all in without rolling perfectly the socks :) as during years I was rolling the socks even organising by winter ones , sport ones, etc, sincerely how crazy we are crickets, it is tiring my own self ! even i was totally over busy with life, family, i was still working full time, crazy to keep feeling the need of rolling but i was not aware of i was doing it, just was a kind of get used to it, and the day I noticed I was doing the other way now, as I tossed my socks in a bin, without caring rolling, just I thought them in the socks bin, that's it and without even caring more than that too and even could sleep without caring of it, alala very huge step for a cricket believe me 😅 ! i felt a click that i took a bit of him and him a bit of me as now i noticed he has tiny cute boxes for his tiny stuff :) still a mess inside it but in smaller boxes for creating a category of mini stuff :) i felt a huge liberation when noticing i do not care more to roll socks for this example :) even if sometimes i admit my crazy nature comes back and I have a urge to roll all ! :) my family abused of my craziness, when they have to move out, they knew I was enough crazy of organising to be happy to create their boxes labelling all by categories... they used my crazy need of clarity for it, we can be professional in moving house (do not know how to tell in english ) :) now, i can use my crazy overthinking brain for my majeur goal ;) as dream work focus :) and even on it I learn to let go as it impacts my whole perception of life and sincerely the famous said that said the contrary can help one and another.... some could say it is not good if different, sincerely I realised how beneficial it has been for both to learn to let go a bit for me and to learn to organise a bit for him as it could felt stress by over confusion :) (not sure to be clear as not native english speaker but I felt so many echos on this video and the comments today :) thank you for your lovely sharing experience :) it conforts me that after only 5 years , still young couple learning to grow :) it conforts me that.. we seems to be on good path on trying to learn tolerate to evolve the best together 😊 sorry it is so many stories on the comments today, i felt very inspired for this video and the comments :) crazy crickets always have matter to do a synthesis 😅 ahhh and believe or not I tried to do it in this comment !

[@denisea3465]

I am so glad you did this video series!! Since I discovered you a year and a half ago, I thought I was a ladybug! But watching this and the ladybug and other videos, I realized, holy smokes, I am a CRICKET!! I never would have guessed. I do not feel naturally tidy, my house has always been a hot mess. But I do think so much of that is due to the MAJOR need to declutter, because since I have discovered decluttering, I have been able to keep up with the organizing that I have implemented. But OH MY GOODNESS you knocked it out of the park. Starting at 3:00 that is ME, ME, ME!! Over-planning, over-researching, buying and re-buying "better" organizing products, bins, cabinets, furniture, etc. And the PILES! Thank goodness I have found you. Honestly. Thank you so much. I am watching this video on repeat to soak up the suggestions you give! (and hearing about being a cricket is now bringing the image of all the 36 crickets jumping around your house now 😂 )

[@SweetStuffOnMonarchLane]

Your stories are so funny Cass! I'm a definite instruction reader... and re-reader, even for the simplist things!

[@Clutterbug]

;p

[@basimahknowshow]

I’m a cricket for real! I have piles that are neat n organized my pillows , such a perfectionist. I had to start letting go slowly. I’m like this in my house too. Ty fir creating these videos cuz now I’m trying to find out my sons style.

[@lidiyakruglov]

This is so true about if the system is set up - cricket will use it. What ever system I set up in my home and showed it to my family how to use it’s working for years. I’m so glad to find this channel years ago and took the organizing test for myself and made all my family took it too. Thank you Cass!

[@baileyblount281]

OMB! You hit the nail on the head! I am 72 but I can remember being in college and living at home. My desk was piled but my Mother telling me she never touched my desk when she cleaned. I would have had a nervous breakdown if she had!!

[@sharonwengler3225]

Totally a cricket! I remember(many years ago) my friend was not allowed to go out unless she cleaned her room. She sat on the bed not knowing how to start, meanwhile I was picking her things up, folding, putting things in closets, drawers and boxes. I have always loved organizing BUT I hate vacuuming, dusting and scrubing bathrooms! So my house is perfectly tidy just don't be doing the white glove test 😀

[@RaineyDaye]

Mine is generally tidy and organized like crazy in the main areas of the house...but the master bedroom is where things get piled until they can be dealt with properly. Also not ready for any white glove test!!

[@mariagrove2527]

I'm such a cricket! BUt thank you for having other methods of organizing. It helps manage my house with other people!!

[@letmethinkaboutit8982]

I couldn’t click on this video any faster. Cricket = 100% me!!! And you are so on point in how I think. I want PERFECTION. So sometimes it feels overwhelming to know where to even begin. Because, if you are going to do it, you have to do it right. I also agree about the piles. I do have PILES everywhere and they look like messes. But my piled items are categorized or at least they are to me. As for Nikki - I ABSOLUTELY LOVE her and her channel. I subscribed to her years ago and am always so inspired by her level of organization. Thank you for this video Cassie. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE your content and your TV show on HGTV. Looking forward to the next season. 🥰🥰🥰

[@natashamohammad5912]

This is 100% me. It’s like you’re speaking directly to me!!

[@FineNaturalHairandFaith]

Ok so I went and looked at the others and definitely a cricket….proud of it too!

[@dougandcarrieann]

Cas-there’s an editing mistake from 5:30-6:46! 😩 Love your videos 💗💗💗💗

[@bethc8809]

What is the "mistake"?

[@dougandcarrieann]

@@bethc8809 I think it got fixed probably:) when the video first came out it switched to and unrelated video for that section. :)

[@AKANo3]

For as much as I HATE crickets (the insect), I AM EVERY BIT A CRICKET (the organizer)! Cricket = me. My college friends teased me because I had my socks sorted by color and stored in ziploc bags in the drawer! Now, I store my bras, panties, socks, hosiery in PACKING CUBES in the drawer! But I’m stuck now because I’m unpacking after moving 15 years of life in another house. You are helping me to just let go of stuff and stop holding on to guilty clutter. Happiness for me will be my unpacked and organized home!!!!! Thanks for this video that’s all about me!!

[@Stephanie-rf9xs]

A real,cricket here! I am so happy you mentioned At Home with Nikki! I was instantly drawn to her channel several years when she launched it! Thank you for such a fun video!

[@MyLifeContained]

🦗here ….. we have moved 3 times in 6 months and have eliminated so much stuff that we had in bins in the garage. It was so freeing to get rid of the excess stuff and to know that someone else can enjoy it! I do NOT leave piles, but I do have a perfect vision of our master closet and walk-in pantry once we have it redone. it is hard to understand why my hubby doesn’t get it! But I have to give some grace that it isn’t for everyone 🥰

[@Clutterbug]

Good for you!

[@orangeismyjam]

I am a cricket and it feels like everyone else in my house is a slob (but don’t you dare touch my piles!) 😂 This was extremely helpful ❤

[@bethanycreativeside4326]

I am very much a cricket. The tendency of hyperfocusing on organization. (ADhD) I love how you explained it and I love that you did a whole video on every single one of your bugs, but I also have another part of me because I need it put away quickly. No lids I don't care what organization system it is I will follow it. Once it is put in place.

[@mally1656]

Omg! This is the most helpful video ever! I'm so much a cricket, I was just laughing out loud at every description you gave.. I relate to everything you say, about the family members... everything!! I'm gonna change today! Clear piles and create different systems.. thank you

[@natashalussier6413]

A couple years ago, I discovered you and your bugs organization style. I finaly understood my brain why I was messy. My overthinking and my perfectionnalim was the evident answer. I'm still working with it, but slowly adapting my house and my mind with the good enough. I'm a good chameleon, so I can work with the other styles, I just need to put the system in place... when I though about the perfect way to install it.... as I said, it's a work in progress. But thank you for all your help in all your videos to reprogram bit by bit my brain and getting me to an organize home.

[@carawalker4418]

I am truly cricket. When you started talking about this series I said this is ME! Thank you for the advice.💕

[@peazockerdoll522]

This speaks to me on such a deep level. I've been seen.

[@carolynnsuga8995]

Omg I can't wait for the bee!! 🐝

[@Clutterbug]

:)

[@mally1656]

I would love more cricket videos. This was so soothing. Would love more help!!

[@teresa4565]

It's crazy how many things you talked about that is so much like me and yes I'm a cricket, just amazes me how you describe me without even knowing me.

[@jf6962]

I totally agree, but I reject the perfectionist label 😊 because I am working on it 😆

[@Clutterbug]

I'm psychic ;p

[@teresa4565]

@@Clutterbug hahaha

[@stephaniehart3595]

Omg, I've been over and over all 4 styles and I'm officially a cricket! My loved ones have suffered for sure. Thank you for the spotlight on this and the encouragement!!

[@sandygarcia8972]

Hi Cass, I'm a Cricket, so I always read instructions .. my hubby never reads instructions... love love love these new videos... thank you for being you! Have a beautiful day!🌷God bless💖

[@paaitje]

I was just gonna ask if you can be different bugs in different areas, but you answered my question right when I was typing it. I'm definetely gonna use different systems for different areas in my life now. Thank you for all the tips!

[@kimzanders9550]

I'm a cricket!🦗 I love Nikki's channel.😍

[@annmoore321]

I’m a cricket, and I have been working on letting go of perfectionism. My new favorite thing is to break jobs into smaller bite sized pieces, and at the end of the day I will deliberately look around and acknowledge that the space is better even if it isn’t perfect. It’s quite satisfying, actually.

[@n.sh.42]

Like! Even I am not a Cricket. I have to SEE things,or I get anxiety. I have all kinds of SEE-THROUGH containers, mesh boxes, open shelves..... I'm a 🦋 ! Thanks to you, I have one of the most well organized, decluttered house. Can't say THANK YOU enough!

[@Yeshuafollowercathy]

This has clarified things for me. I am a cricket, but I was brought up by butterflies and so there were no cricket systems set up so all I did was pile! I also want to put my things away when I have time to do it properly so I have created more laid back systems, like my paper pile is now a magazine rack so it's tidy until I can sort it later 🙂 My sock drawer is beautiful though 👍

[@Yeshuafollowercathy]

I also totally don't read instructions. I bought mould resistant paint and used it as a primer on our walls. It wasn't until afterwards I read not to paint over it. So that was money down the drain. But Cas! My heart goes out to you for your beautiful truck! I would definitely have cried too 🫂

[@Clutterbug]

Thanks for sharing!

[@janetsmith2104]

This video so describes ME!!! I needed this video to get me back on track.

[@whitneybignell5209]

I love seeing @AtHomeWithNikki highlighted in this video :-) I appreciate that you differentiate between a true cricket and “wannabe” cricket (which is me - I want to be organized but just can’t find a system that I can use consistently). I love your videos!

[@liezlrubio6993]

Hi. You really hit the nail😁 you described me/my house to the littlest detail. My family thinks i might be a hoarder in my previous life. My hubby is just so nice that he doesn't complain about my piles and is having the house renovated just to give me my own space for my crafts (soaps, room sprays, eo, balms, etc). I've always said, give me a skyscraper and i could easily fill it up. 🙄😆 i also shared your channel/videos with family and friends so that they would understand their organizing style and the styles of their family members. You are the only one who taught me that. Thank you very much. I'm looking forward to watching more of your videos. Take care.

[@artemisofthemoonandhunt1486]

As a Cricket/Bee living with a Ladybug/I'll put it away later (never) I recommend organizing in stages, especially in shared spaces. We moved not long ago and, as I was unemployed and he was working, the bulk of unpacking fell on me. Well! I had fun, and the dollar stores got some business as I tend to organize in stages, especially when moving. Step 1: find and group necessities, like clothes and toiletries, in the areas they will be used. Step 2: broad categories. Hanging stuff hung, drawer stuff in drawers, bathroom stuff split (he'd better not mess with my hair stuff!) This is the Step where organizing his things typically stops. Step 3: refine until satisfied (this can take awhile, but I enjoy it.)

[@wendymiller2133]

❤️😁 total cricket! Loving the freedom filer today.

[@fabienneclavier5984]

Cricket here! So true about the piles and procrastination! And the fact that I live with a butterfly and a bee doesn't help me feel less overwhelmed. I understand them, but they won't understand me! Thanks Cas for another great video.

[@tabithaellis6506]

You're so right!!! I can use a system, and naturally put things away ... unless I'm not done with it. I absolutely hate getting things out because they are too hard to access, and they only stay out because it's too difficult to put away. It just finds a new spot (a pile). This motivates me to find a new/better systems. I feel so called out rn lol I'm such a cricket, once upon a time I thought I was a butterfly

[@JaneH3675]

Try Dana K White on KZbin.

[@chrys2953]

I’m somewhat between a 🐞and a 🦗. I’m definitely a hidden organizer, but I’m a little more detailed than a ladybug, but a lot more laid back type B personality than a cricket. Good enough is always better for me than perfect later. My hubby is kind of the opposite. He’s very visual. If it’s not out, he forgets about it. He likes to see his things, but he’s also a perfectionist, so he will have piles galore because he doesn’t have the time to put things away perfectly. Your explanations make it easier to understand, maybe not easier to deal with, but at least I get it now.

[@ElizabethChronis]

Thank you for these videos! Not only am I excited to hear from you every day this week, but I just had a major realization … I am an overwhelmed cricket! I’ve been thinking that I’m an aspiring cricket, because I’m just not great at actually using the detailed systems I have set up (but I really like the detailed systems). This has been working for me moving forward because I’m just working on developing more ladybug-style systems and decluttering … but this video made me realize that I used to be great at using my detailed systems … before I had a husband and 2.5 kids 😅 I’m not sure it’s going to really change anything as I move forward, but it makes me feel better about my self awareness!

[@nicoledixon1039]

I so relate. I have learned to let it be good enough too because of being overwhelmed with a spouse and 5 kids and running a business from home. The paperwork part of the business is my struggle. How do you set up solutions for all that stuff in your home and still do all the mom things and not pull your hair out? Solution: lighten up, declutter, and embrace good enough systems. Then pick a time in a week or so to tweak what isn't working. You don't know what will work until you try it. Now I just set up something. It's gotta be better than a pile right? Lol

[@sandragerhardt5564]

I'm definitely a cricket and I'm now dealing with the piles that have accumulated through life. I retired almost 2 years ago and I've dealt with the big stuff fairly well. Now it's paper GGRRR and I'm also the family historian.

[@sonyad7723]

For the first year or so of taking your Clutterbug test, I really thought that I was a Ladybug. But now I know that I'm very much some part a cricket, soooo I'd love to share my thoughts on this video from both sides of this coin!!! I can TOTALLY understand how frustrated a cricket can be when anyone else moves there piles!!! I used to be in accounting & when I was in the middle of huge reconciliations, but another project came up to interrupt it, I would take my desk blotter (that otherwise lived on top of my filing cabinet for just such events) and put it over my current paperwork. Then pull out new stuff to do on top of the desk blotter. This way, I could keep my place with the large project safe underneath the blotter intact!!! Soooo, I totally agree that I don't like to put away things that I'm not done with;) BUT ALSO I can TOTALLY UNDERSTAND that other people would get sick of seeing the crap left out in piles before I finish my projects, because I SOMETIMES DO TO (my ladybug side)!!!! And that's when I go around and start shoving everything in sight inside drawers and cabinets all willynilly until I free up my ladybug brain space again to my peace and calming visual space again!!! And I guess bc I'm in the middle of the 2, I only like filing cabinets that are SUPER FAST AND EASY to file (I set up a 1 file for each month folder system when I was an accounting manager! Talk about FAST & EASY! Just shove it all for that month into 1 hanging folder and move on with my life, eh mm, I mean work lol 😂 I used that system for YEARS at various companies!!! But the cricket in me also kept the entire monthly close on my desk throughout the week until I was finished with it. I never was one of those people who put away all their papers each night just to pull them all out again every morning, ugh!) And my bins & baskets in my cabinets at home are actually super detailed where everything goes inside each one, but no lids or covers to slow me down tossing stuff back into the empty 'hole' left by the thing that I pulled out ;)

[@jamiem2444]

I'm half ladybug and half cricket. I always prefer micro-organizing if I can, but I have no problem leaving my kids' clothes unfolded inside their cubby drawers if it keeps the room clean.

[@jennylhenry78]

Me too Jamie!

[@DP-dr6gi]

Me too! I am 3/4 ladybug and 1/4 cricket.

[@HereIAm247]

I am a cricket, but I use ladybug strategies for my procrastination piles, or when I procrastinate decluttering. :) I keep most of my shelved organised, but use shelves or boxes to hide my piles so I can deal with them later. Using a few ladybug strategies as a cricket is actually a great way to deal with your perfectionism.

[@mckkidscrafts6897]

Oh my goodness! You are so spot on with describing me. I’m definitely a cricket! 🦗

[@Celeste-new49]

Thanks! I've always been 100% Cricket plus minimalist and thought I'd always be perfectly organized and never would need channels like this for inspiration. Then I became a mom 17 years ago. That's when the piles started happening and the overwhelming collection of mementos began. I've managed to keep up with the practical areas of our home, but am still working on purging/organizing to perfection (can't help myself) our mementos and family related paperwork. Now I appreciate channels like this more than ever. I need these reminders/advice.

[@angelataylor3805]

I am definitely a cricket! You described me to the T. I absolutely need to think about what my family can do. Yes I have piles but my family has their own ways of organizing too! I will have to look into it because I seriously can’t breathe living with clutter. But I also know that I can’t do it myself. Thank you for turning the light bulb on for me!

[@chall1232]

I'm very much a cricket. And as a cricket, I am very much about reading the instructions. But like our perfectionism can get in the way of actually getting things organized, so can our needing to read the instructions until we eithier know exactly what to do or get overwhelmed and give up before we even start. It becomes a bad problem. Someone once called perfectionist paralysis. We will research and research, and never actually get started. My husband is like you and just jumps right in. We have to rescue each other constantly. Hahaha

[@barbmattox-kroll2216]

My heart goes out to you and your family 🙏🏼🌹🙏🏼

[@alexisblake1889]

I love it "Happy Accidents"

[@chelinfusco6403]

I took the test on your website and I labeled a Lady Bug. But seeing this video, my goodness, this is me! My dresser draws look just the ones you are showing. I mean, that is how I organize all the clothes in my home. The towels, I don't roll them, but I do fold them in a specific way and I like to store them by color. My sewing room is a disgrace. I knit and crochet so I have so many patterns printed out that I have not put in binders, so I have pile them up on top of the ones I already have put in binders. But my sewing room is a catch all. I also need to organize my yarns and I feel over whelmed. Yet I like clean surfaces and I love baskets.

[@suewright984]

I have the same knitting problem. I’ve major destashed which really helped.

[@debk5325]

I'm a new subscriber, I am grateful you are explaining these traits. You share awesome stories. I appreciate your expertise. Also thanks for mentioning other you tubers that we may enjoy. That's very kind of you. TY

[@lisastevens3822]

Perfect, pile, procrastinating…so my style!

[@favargas2272]

OMG, it's like if you are describing me because you have been in my home😮😮😮😮😊😊😊😊😊. Thank you so much!!!!!!