How to Step-by-Step Organize ANY Space

Copyrighted and trademarked material and acronym from "Organizing from the Inside Out" by Julie Morgenstern from which you didn't even give credit to.

One thing I’ve learned over time is that us neurodivergent types seem to understand each other even when no one else does. We can say “I need the thingy with the thing for thing” and a neurotypical will be like “huh???” 🤔 and a neurodivergent will be like “Yeah! The thingy! It’s over there.”

Yep that's me too. My explanations don't make sense haha

The last 2 min. Of your video made my day. Squirrel! Love your channel!

👍🏻❤️

It is teaching someone to clean…. I was sent to a room to go clean but didn’t know how. These step help so much

I'm doing my craftroom. I have put everything the same together and purged and put in a labelled box out of the room. I now have a 3/4 clear room. Only so many boxes can fit on the landing!! I have cleaned. Next step is put the furniture where I want and what furniture do I need . Trip to ikea. Then put everything back in the area with the question do you fit in the space and am i really going to use you? Looking forward to getting finished

You’re like a blond Lorelei Gilmore. So funny and charming. Love it! ❤

I think you are a great teacher. I love the way that you methodically go through step-by-step, showing us the how and the why. Hugs, love and many thanks to you ❣️

Hi! Could you do a video on how to categorise stuff? Or maybe if there is one, could I have a link please?

You are loved! I feel like I know you!

You do great job! I enjoy all your videos!

I gotta ask… why is there nail polish remover and rubbing alcohol in your craft drawer? 🤔
Otherwise, I LOVE your videos!! Thank you for sharing your experience and expertise and ideas with us. I even have my teen watching so she can find her own organizing type and love her room.

Hi Cas! I just discovered your videos & i love them! I love organizing myself and your hacks & tips are wonderful! I also love how natural & funny you are, more power to you❣️

Yes you are a teacher! You are a great teacher ! People always say “ why don’t you stop doing that?” Or we ask ourselves why we keep doing something,but never teach you HOW! but YOU have taught me so much about myself! ( I’m a bee , a QUEEN bee!😂 ) Now , I know why I do things & how to undo it!

I’m done for tonite.

Sorted, contained. N put away.

I can't love this enough. I've been decluttering and just got to a drawer very similar to yours and had no idea what to do. Thank you!

You actually did a very good job explaining yourself 👏🏽... Holly Doodle 😂🙃💐

Appreciate this content. Stay chill.

Organize for your space, not your stuff. That's what I needed to hear. Got the printable, too. Thanks.

I plan on using some cardboard boxes to use what I have on hand. For someone who is trying to organize the bins make sense but for someone like me who is trying to declutter more bins feels like it would be more clutter. . I will probably get real bins once I declutter everything. 😏😏

I am 67, probably becoming jaded, and while I appreciate your tenacity and overall good efforts, it's frenetic to me, very wordy without the tangible return I was going for. I am a very visual person so being ultra clear that you have YOUR schitt together helps me visualize how it could work. I am being overly critical I'm sure, but the first girl for organizing I tried was much more tedious and just unpleasant, to look at as well. Give us something that also gives us hope? Good luck. I see you have tons of people on board totally. That's great!

Cas! YOU Are My Teacher! YOU are teaching me how to change my Mindset. Not only about clutter, my self-care too. Thank you!

Besides, math was actually Changed Completely to be as confusing as possible years ago! You aren't alone!

This is a great process. And yes, it makes sense. Thank you so much Cas. I’m going to try this.

I love this (and you, Cas), although it might be nice to credit Julie Morgenstern, since she came up with the SPACE system many years ago. Your "E" makes more sense to me though! 😁

Typing this in the hope it’ll help me remember it, but going to check out the printable next—thanks, Cas!!!

(Step 0: Declutter and have a trash bag and donation box ready.)

SPACE:
Step 1: Sort into big categories.
Step 2: Purge (whatever you missed from your decluttering and) anything that doesn’t belong in that area.
Step 3: Assign a home for your sorted categories (e.g. a drawer or shelf). Then grab anything else around the house that needs to be moved into this assigned space.
Step 4: Place containers into the assigned space, keeping your organizational style in mind (if unsure, start with larger categories and containers).
Remember: You’re organizing to fit your space, not your stuff. Soooo make sure to select your favorites first. Hopefully this will make the next step easier.
Step 5: Eliminate (discard, donate, or put away whatever’s left).

Since we’re all here, your nobody learns anything theory is incorrect. I think teaching something you don’t understand is a recipe for failure, though.

Some learn by repetition, while others learn by understanding the logic.

Some learn visually (watching a video).

Some learn by trial and error (I think this is you), while others learn by reading instructions (that’s my preference).

Just as there are organizing styles, I think there are teaching and learning styles. See? YOU kinda taught me that!

You are my little shiny star! I may dally with other organisers but I always come back to you!

YES! I agree with all your students that you’re a wonderful teacher! It was clear & to the point. I measured a drawer while you talked & now need to find containers that will fit so I can make homes for all the homeless stuff. 🥰

there are the right teachers/nurses/drs etc for different people. You're perfect for me Cas!!!! and everytime I get a "WHY!?" from my husband I refer him to your videos

I am a teacher & I am grateful for your help! I need to learn what you know.

Love the contain the space first - seems obvious now. You have explained this so well. Thank you.

I just love how Dana's influence has made your approach more useful and for a wider audience 😀! Watching this video for 2nd time. Enjoyed the Take Back Your House all day declutter last weekend. Cas, Dawn & Dana - y'all rock!

Thank you so much for this video Cas! Your step to have containers ready to sort is so smart! I feel that this has been a missing step in my prior attempts to get organized!

You do a great job teaching! Just recently found your videos and I love them! I’m a ladybug 🐞😊

OH MY GOSH! this video really helped me realize where to start and how to get started. so motivating I have been wanting to but just didn't know what kind or style of containers to use. Thank you.

I sort things into baskets and label them. As I find stuff, I add them to the bins. I think I learned that from you.

Thank you so much. This is really going to be a life saver cleaning up my storage room. I have such a mess from the kids pulling stuff out so we decided to put a lock on the door and I'm going to try to organize everything and have kids sign out of the storage room like toys and crafts and such. You make something super hard look super easy and you're really awesome at explaining complicated organizing into something people like me can break down and actually start making progress <3

You are a great teacher!!! 🤗🤗🤗

Yes u know organizing and do teach it well…..plus you tell and share your personal family and self stories you make things relatable 👏👏👏

It sure helps to have the containers ahead of time. I did that and they sat around for awhile. Then I was about to organize my desk, and had the containers already. It was great. It was nice I didn't have to shop first. I then went to another area and did the same. I need to buy more containers. I do have scotch type tape and scissors in different areas in my house and it is a time saver. I can cut something and tape things in just a few seconds. But packing tape and duct tape are kept together.

Organizing tip for stickers… I’ve used 2 different methods. Again, follow the first rule…if you are not using them, declutter & donate! But if you do use and want to keep stickers, I either use an accordion file folder and label each tab by season/category/theme/color, or use a 3 ring binder and sheet protectors! This has helped keeping them organized and easy to sort through, and I find we actually use them because we can actually find them!

First of all, I totally understand everything you say and it all makes sense and is so, so helpful. Secondly home-schooling was HARD. I am
also NOT a teacher 🤯🤣

OMG YEAAASSSSSSS. YOUR STORY at the end is LITERALLY MY LIFE. I want to homeschooling, so bad, but after experiencing "virtual learning" that's a big ol' HELL NO.

How do I only do one task , I'm used to do multi tasking, I can't any more 😫 I get tried too easily these days

I watch you for your great advice (and you do explain things well enough!) BUT I always stay to the end for the story ;-)

Amaaaaaaazing you are

This was fantastic! Thank you! Plus: your kid is hilarious, how sweet he tried to clean the laptop!!

You are just so great. I love watching you and hearing your voice. Thank you sooo much.