You’re A Butterfly!
Love visual abundance and organizational simplicity. You are a really visual person and for you, it’s out-of-sight, out-of-mind. You need visual, but fast and easy systems, like clear or wire bins and baskets and lots of hooks.
Love visual abundance and organizational simplicity. You are a really visual person and for you, it’s out-of-sight, out-of-mind. You need visual, but fast and easy systems, like clear or wire bins and baskets and lots of hooks.
Butterfly Traits
A Butterfly is a very visual person and likes to see all their belongings for fear of “Out of Sight, Out of Mind”.
You are probably a Butterfly if you have clothing on top of your dresser and on the floor, but your closet and drawers are practically empty (except for those items you don’t use or love).
Butterflies prefer to have their items visible and displayed, rather than hidden in drawers and behind closed doors. Butterflies are often overwhelmed with the idea of organizing because they have “failed” in the past with traditional organizing solutions that are tailored for people who prefer to “hide” their belongings. A Butterfly needs easy, fast Macro-Organizing solutions that are visible and/or clearly labeled.
Butterfly Organizing Tips & Ideas
- Clear bins are perfect for you! Keep the lids off so you are more likely to use them. By keeping your organizing solutions clear you will be much more likely to use them! If clear bins are not an option, labeling the outside of your containers with LARGE and pretty labels are the next best thing for you. Your best solution? Clear containers that are also labeled!
- Label, Label, Label. You can use words or pictures to label your bins and baskets so you always have a visual reminder of what is inside. Use clearly labeled baskets for mail, clothing, office supplies, paperwork and just about everything else.
- Butterflies are easily distracted by the clutter and have a greater emotional attachment to their belongings than the average person. Have a friend or family member help you with organizing projects to keep you on track and to help you let go of items that you are struggling to purge.
- A 21 item toss every month is a great way for Butterflies to purge. Grab a bag and race around to find 21 items to get rid of as fast as you can.
- Hooks are a Butterflies best friend! Hang hooks in your entrance way, inside your closet and on the back of doors!
- Open shelving works well for you! Take advantage of vertical space and get stuff off your floor. You NEED open shelving in your home, and a lot of it.
- Remember, stuff is just stuff. Don’t put your belongings above your family or yourself.
- Don’t forget the ONE MINUTE RULE. If something takes less than one minute to put away, do it right now. Putting everything off until “later” gets you into trouble!
Learn More About The Different Styles
Hopefully, you have a better understanding of your natural organizing style, but the truth is, you can’t put everyone into just four categories. You may organize differently in different spaces, or you may be a bit of a combination of different organizing styles. The only thing that matters is understanding what works for you and why, so you can create a home that feels effortless to maintain.
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- Learn how to combine different organizing styles in the same home.
- See real-life examples of organizing solutions made just for you.
- Learn about all four organizing styles so you can help others get organized too.
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