5 Steps to a Clean and Organized Home

How can you get organized for 2023? It's NOT running to the store to buy a bunch of containers! You need a PLAN first! In today's video, I break down the 5 Steps to an Organized Home for 2023!

Stop stuff shuffling the clutter and FINALLY get your home organized for good!

[johnroekoek]

"When that object doesn't have a home, think where you'd look for it first".
Brilliant!

[shoshanachavab]

Organise
Have a written plan
Break it down into doable chunks
Brain dump into bite sized portions
In detail
Schedule a day and time
For each task
Five minutes matters
Get organised
Take everything out one thing at a time eg a drawer
Complete the cycle
Finish each project

[mamakovi]

When my two boys turned 15-16…we hired someone else to teach them and believe me when I say that was the best WIN-WIN decision for all of us especially the boys. There was zero pressure on all of us. DO IT! You won’t regret it. Raising a teenager is hard enough without having to teach them to drive. 😊

[TrueBlueStablesLLC]

On the topic of the perfectionist having trouble starting until they have the perfect solution to the mess... one tip that has helped me in this area is telling myself, "I can always make a change." This helps me to get going and use whatever bin or organizational items I pick now, knowing if I don't like them later because of how they work, or look... or I see something on pinterest or at a friend's that I like more...I can change what I have & make it better at any time. This helps me to just get going& make perfectionist changes to it later.

[BrettTaylor-rmhm]

I love this videos. I have ADHD and my house is a cluttered mess no matter what I do. Watching this video gave me chills. I can't wait to get started! Thank you for taking the time to make lives easier. I can't wait to post again about my progress.

[theelaavar]

My health has been absolute crap for a few years. I've been trying this Five Minutes way of getting things done. That's about all the time I have energy for. I rarely get things 100% done, but with each Five Minutes I get closer to being done until eventually, the job IS DONE!! I feel like I can do positive things in my home and life again. This has been a tremendous help to bringing joy back to my life. It does take a while, and sometimes I feel like I'm going backwards, but as I keep doing Five Minutes, I start seeing improvement.
Thank you, Cas. You have been THE inspiration to me. My husband (who works two full time jobs so doesn't have time to do much around the house, but still does most of the house work that gets done) also thanks you. He is no longer feeling that everything is dumped on him to do. ❤️🥰

[apj]

What a practical and motivating video. After watching this video I realized, I am also messy because I am looking for perfection .but it has ended me feeling frustrating . The more I want to organize, the messier my place is . Thank you so much ClutterBug for inspiring people like me .

[sueroseberger]

After I realized I could not teach my daughter to drive and keep my sanity, I found her an excellent driving teacher. What a relief! She got her license on the second try, and now drives everywhere in her own car. What a huge blessing. Leave it to the experts!

[lisascorner]

We did a combo of driving instructions; both her dad and I (very different styles) and then she took a professional course. The course taught her a lot and even administered the final test. Just remember getting a license and gaining experience are two very different things. We are never Done learning 😉

[leahrowe]

I've taught my three & a few others to drive... my advice, if you're not confident/comfortable behind the wheel, let someone else teach her, so she becomes a good driver who knows the correct rules of the road~ people everywhere will thank you, & you & your daughter will enjoy road trips more once she's learned!!

[eyrunsigrunardottir]

This was very helpful - I am one of those perfectionists who can´t start and I appreciate the encouragement 🙂 Nothing happens if you don´t start the process.

[victoriajane]

Pay or get your hubby to do it. My daughter kicked me out of car-lesson duty, saying I made her so nervous that she was sure we’d crash. Driving school. Plus then you get a discount on her car insurance. Good luck! 😅😊🚙😃

[cin]

I also noticed that people with immaculate homes always put things away immediately after use, clean as they go and always do something every time they do something else. Example wipe the counter or appliances while they wait for water to boil for tea etc.

[nicoletait]

Hey Cass. Getting a drivers license in Canada is hard. Waaaay more difficult than it was when we took our tests. Our mistake was not realizing that so we taught our son all our bad habits. Then he kept failing the driving test. It wasn't until we got smart and put him in driving lessons that he finally passed. It was hard on him to keep failing and hard on us to watch him fail. Enroll your daughter in a good driving school. Then you need to review the rules so you teach her the right way. I wish I'd known that from the start. It would have saved a ton of stress.. good luck!!

[loisismygramma]

Don't teach her to drive. Get someone else to do it.

[kristinalong]

"Stop the stuff shuffling"" Thank you! Sincerely, a perfectionist!

[wendycash]

My goal is to get rid of everything that has no purpose in my home, and put everything else in a permanent place. I'm tackling drawers, bins, cabinets and filling boxes with stuff. The one place I will likely not do much decluttering (getting rid of stuff) however is my craft space. I do a lot of different types of crafting and a lot of that includes taking random stuff and making something from it. BUT I really really want to get it organized with like items, so I can find things. Thanks for the push!

[mssassy]

My dad had us get in the car, get familiar/comfortable being in the driver seat. He then made us repeatedly drive forward and backwards a sort distance until we were use to the gas and how sensitive it was, practicing braking. It helped me alot, as once I got on the road, I was comfortable with the car itself. Congrats to your daughter and good luck!🙂

[lgraps]

Great video, Cas! Key for us when our kids were learning to drive was to find a business park or industrial park with real roads, and go there on evenings and weekends when there's no traffic. You drive there, and then let her drive once you're there. So much less stressful than out in traffic right away! Good luck!👍🏻

[corinneblackburn]

I'm a butterfly, but because of how I was raised I learned to do things "right". (By my dad's standards... detailed).
It was so much pressure!