Move Happier: What’s Your “Organizing Style?” Gretchen Rubin on the Clutterbug Podcast

About this episode

Gretchen Rubin discusses organizing styles with professional organizer Cassandra Aarssen and explores how the Four Tendencies can help people maintain organization.

I talk with professional organizer Cassandra Aarssen, creator of the viral Clutterbug “Organizing Styles” (Bee, Butterfly, Ladybug, Cricket). In her work, she sees the same problem over and over: people can get organized, but they can’t keep it that way. We explore why—and how the Four Tendencies can help. Get in touch: podcast@gretchenrubin.com Visit Gretchen's website to learn more about Gretchen's best-selling books, products from The Happiness Project Collection, and the Happier app. Find the transcript for this episode on the episode details page in the Apple Podcasts app.

People in this episode

Host: Gretchen Rubin

Guest: Cassandra Aarssen

Topics covered

• organizing styles
• clutter
• Four Tendencies
• professional organizing
• self-improvement

Keywords

• organizing styles
• clutter
• Four Tendencies
• Cassandra Aarssen
• self-improvement

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Clutterbug

Products: Happier app

Books & works: The Happiness Project Collection

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