The Clutter Connection | Cassandra Aarssen | TEDxWindsor

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Published 2019-06-25

Professional Organizer Cassandra Aarssen describes the four types of organizing styles she's encountered in her career:

The Four Organizing Styles:

Bee: Crave visual organization with lots of detailed micro categories
Ladybug: Prefer hidden storage with fast and simple macro categories
Butterfly: Crave visual organization with fast and simple macro categories
Cricket: Prefer hidden storage with lots of detailed micro categories
Cassandra Aarssen (@clutterbug_me) is the creator of Clutterbug™, a home organizing business which provides education, inspiration and support to over 500,000 families worldwide through her YouTube channel, podcast and various other social media platforms. Cassandra is also the author three best selling organizing books, “Real Life Organizing”, “Cluttered Mess to Organized Success” and “The Clutter Connection". As a recovering “super slob”, Cassandra has discovered through her own journey with clutter, that organization is not one-size-fits-all. She has identified four unique organizing styles and developed the Clutterbug Method™ to help individuals discover their style and implement customized solutions that will finally get them organized long term.
Cassandra has been featured on The OWN Network, CTV, NBC, CBC, The Huffington Post, The Marilyn Denis Show, Popular Science, Women’s World Magazine and has been interviewed by countless other news organizations and podcasts. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

All Comments (21)

@abbyawesome2124 4 years ago

THATS MY MOMMMMMMM
@ABCD-si7px 3 years ago

She did a huge thing. She took a weakness, made it a strength, helped others and built a huge business.
@eleanorlebrecht9820 4 years ago

After watching this TED talk I am watching this young lady on youtube and making great strides in decluttering
@MissyRenfro1 4 years ago

Cas has such a good speaking voice, she is a wonderful orator! She is so relatable and such a fun personality!
@mariacastillo3090 4 years ago

Yes!!! Clicked on this TEDx talk because the title talks about declutter and WHO DO I SEE!!! One of my favorite YouTubers. She's amazing and motivational and most of all very funny. I feel so proud of her and I'm not even related to her.
@grrrgrl101 4 years ago

Very powerful that she states it is not a personal failure but a systematic failure. There are always different styles and this is probably the best I could've heard.
@createmychaos5250 5 years ago

Cas!!! Great job! So natural and relaxed. Too bad the audience didn't know they missed out on story time. 😉
@KathySRW 4 years ago

She has one of my favorite YouTube channels.
@charmedintuitiontarot 4 years ago

Omg ! I love her channel ! I had no idea she did a Ted Talk ! ❤️ Amazing
@kj7653 3 years ago

I cried all the way through this. This is sooo me.
@TabithaDavis 4 years ago

I love you! I found the fly lady to help me with a cleaning schedule and you to help me with organization. My life is literally changed.
@carolynendersby7312 5 years ago

So exciting!!! I’ve been watching Cassandra since I was 11 (I’m 17 now). She has inspired me to keep my life in order time and time again! What an amazing and inspirational woman! Loved the talk!
@ainesionann2354 4 years ago

OMGoodness, Cass, Thank you! This is a life changing message. This came up randomly in my feed. As I sit at my piled-high kitchen table and consider the few places that there is some order in my house, you made it clear that I am a visual micro-organizer. So maybe I am not such a lazy, dismal failure. Every weekend my Saturday task is to clean up a room, and it has been something approached with dread and procrastination because I’ve put in so much work and not been successful or was unable to maintain. I am in my 50’s so that is a long history of failure. I even lead a double life of sorts because our almost-horde/cluttered home is a shameful secret that keeps us from ever having anyone to the house. Thank you for sharing your wonderful insight!
@Margar02 4 years ago

HOW DID CASS DO A TED TALK AND I JUST NOW AM FINDING OUT?!?
@NineandVine 5 years ago

I love Cassandra! She is real, she has helped me get my own home and life organized. She is very interesting and a great storyteller! She is relatable and truly inspiring in a way that makes everyone feel included. Her knowledge and work that she so brilliantly shares is a gift to us all. Thank you Cassandra. PS buy her books! I own them all!
@janicevoorhees1488 5 years ago

She knows what she talking about. She has helped me and many, many more but in a way that works each of us. Great job Cass!!
@Jackie-23 4 years ago

Cassie!!!! This was a surprise and just popped up in my feeds!!! Loved it, you should have told us about this...
@caitsavoy4129 4 years ago

AHHH CASS! I might be crying. Been following for awhile, so this makes me so stinkin proud of you. ❤
@saintinlower48 5 years ago

I've heard the story about the lawyer more than a few times (being a fan of Cas) and I don't tire of it. Her videos were such a huge help to me in my house! I love her style and what she's figured out. And I'm a ladybug.
@sunflowersadie543 5 years ago

Cass you were wonderful!! Listening to you made me tear up all over again when you asked if people were labeling their children as messy. Thank you for sharing so much of yourself!!!💜