Move Happier: What’s Your “Organizing Style?” Gretchen Rubin on the Clutterbug Podcast | Gretchen Rubin [Skip to content](#content) [ ![](https://gretchenrubin.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/gretchenrubin-logo-768x344.png) ](https://gretchenrubin.com) - April 19, 2026 # Move Happier: What’s Your “Organizing Style?” Gretchen Rubin on the Clutterbug Podcast Happier with Gretchen Rubin [Listen OnApple Podcasts](https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/happier-with-gretchen-rubin/id969519520)[Listen OnSpotify](https://open.spotify.com/episode/3MSvM9tYjTnxgDeQaOmLSH)[Listen OnPandora](http://www.stitcher.com/s?eid=41782945) Move Happier: What’s Your “Organizing Style?” Gretchen Rubin on the Clutterbug Podcast ![Move Happier: What’s Your “Organizing Style?” Gretchen Rubin on the Clutterbug Podcast](https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/179c2d56-38ed-11f1-a674-af216a01ae90/image/3cd42fb99d0e0bd0681fbc403cf34983.png?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress) Show Podcast Information EPISODE NOTES 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. 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