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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

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

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. ❤️🥰

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. 😊

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.

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!!

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 😉

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.

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 .

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!!

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.

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!👍🏻

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!

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!

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! 😅😊🚙😃

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.

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!🙂

Driver’s Ed for sure! I stopped the video at the “just five minutes” part and cleaned out my travel container, which I had been procrastinating about! Yay! I got it done! Now for my closet! 😬👍

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

Hi Cas! Teaching my son to drive was absolutely terrifying! I felt like my foot was going to push through the floor on the passenger side as I pushed the imaginary brake! It gets better but whew it's hard to do! Even now he occasionally makes choices that scare me and he's been driving for two years! I found that driving the same familiar rural route several times in a row helps to build confidence. Practicing parking at the mall when it's closed is good. Our Subaru has a backup camera but our Explorer does not, so I made him drive both. We have a fairly long driveway so I made him back up the whole way multiple times. If he did something wrong when driving, I asked him to explain what it was rather than shouting at him like I secretly wanted to. He was less likely to make the same mistake twice that way. He's a better parallel parker than I am thankfully. We went to the driving testing center and practiced the course several times when they were closed. Deep breaths! Good luck!

I actually learned to drive as an adult. My husband taught me the basics in a parking lot and then I took driving lessons to learn how to drive on the road and highways. Highly recommend driving lessons! My husband is a pretty calm driver, but the instructor knew how to handle my specific driving anxiety even better.

Loved the video. I'm the perfectionist waiting for the perfect place to put something. So it will sit where it landed until I find that place. Driving school was the best money ever spent on my kids. The sanity it saved was worth every penny. :)

Thank you for these tips! They're just what I needed today! 😊 I am teaching my 4th child to drive, #5 is ready now, too! 1st step- have your child ficus on the center of the road, several car length ahead. Like bowling, or baseball and modeling on the cat walk, they're eyes will direct their hands! Focusing on the center of the lane will prevent "ping-ponging" from white line to yellow line! It will also keep them aware of all future activity ahead, such as cars entering the roadway, or squirrels darting into the road. If they are aware of their surroundings they can learn safer, quicker, and smoother responses! Also, warn against tailgating, and warn them not to depend on their brakes- in other words, start slowing down for stop light/signs, and slowing cars, sooner than later! If they see red lights ahead (traffic slowing for a red light) they should at least take their foot off the gas, giving you the idea that they are aware and preparing to slow down, easing your anxiety. It's the polite and responsible thing to do. Lol. Hope this helps!!

You are so funny and honest ! Love your organization tips., but always love the “talks” at the end ! Thank you for being so open and vulnerable!

That really was a great video - the mention of perfectionism and being unable to commit to a system got me right in the kisser 😂😂😂😅 THANKS CAS!

I watched one of your past videos that also emphasized the importance of completely decluttering for organization and it really helped me declutter for the new year. The way I would "declutter" in the past was to jam all my newly acquired junk in the closet, but this time around I finally pushed myself to throw things away. I've had enough of wading through random items daily so your vids really help, thanks!

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!

As someone with ADHD who's been slob my entire life, I promise you that these techniques work, folks. I recently had a maintenance man tell me that I was so organized. Me? Me. Wow. Knowing the styles of organizing and using those labels are the key for us. And knowing that they work makes them even easier to do. I tell myself if I don't need something and can buy another if I do, out it goes to the trash, recycle, or donate bag. Haha I flunked my driving test 2 times and should have flunked the 3rd time (which meant waiting a YEAR to take it again) but I burst into tears and the guy passed me out of pity. Oh and cemeteries. I've taught many people to drive, including driving stick, in cemeteries.

I have taught 3 drivers and I’m about to start with #4! Start out easy- I let them drive on streets with low speed limits. We drive to church going 25 MPH, or down Grandma’s street to her house. We gain confidence together and tackle the freeway in a few months. Find some friends with golf carts or riding lawn mowers- that helps a bunch. Good luck!

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

Pay for Driver's Education. I did with both my daughters and it was so worth it. Happy 2023!

Just remembering back in my high school days when we actually had drivers Ed as a class.. and our d/e car was a brand new Trans Am.. Those were the days 😄 (I think they got the Trans Am so we'd want to take the class lol)

I love your five minute technique. I had heard it before and it does make a big difference. I am struggling with chronic pain and was getting very depressed and frustrated because there was so much I wanted to do in my house and I just didn't have the strength until I eventually decided to just do a few minutes at a time based on how much pain I could cope with and since then I have been making huge strides and feel so much better with the state of my house.

Cas, When my Mom taught me to Drive she took me to the Mall or a large empty parking lot like 5-6 am on Saturday and Sunday. She let me drive all over and get comfortable behind the wheel and she would sit in her lawn chair reading the paper, she also brought cones to practice stuff. Hope that gives you some help.

I taught both of my older kids to drive. It's a very stressful time! Expect that there will be accidents. We had multiple parking lot incidents, a rear ending, and a totaled vehicle over the first few years. It was tough, and my nerves were indeed shot! But now one is a police officer and the other hasn't had an incident in years. Just remember that repetition is the best teacher. The more you say the same things over and over in a calm tone will shape their mental thoughts over time. Gentle reminders every time as they drive is helpful. Keep your distance, teach them how to check how many car lengths they are behind(1 second=1 car length from both passing the same stationary object, then maintain 1 car length distance for every 10mph), put on your turn signal, come slowly to a stop, you want to see the person's tires in front of you just hitting the ground over your hood, head check your blind spots, don't just rely on mirrors. Be sure to explain the why's to get their buy-in! Just remember that they feed off of your energy, so the more calm you are, the more calm they will be. My biggest helpful tip is also the most ridiculous one but it worked for me and it's still a good core memory for them! When my kids would stop too fast, I would overexageratedly and slowly lean foward and go WOOOOAAAHHHH like I was getting whiplash in slow motion! And they thought my ridiculousness was ridiculous but also funny but ultimately they still didn't want me to keep doing it, so they stopped doing it over time! Also, my kids had to go to driving school cause of state law and it was helpful but you still have to work with them as well. One last also, teaching her to drive will probably also make you a better driver as well! I have faith in you, good luck!!!

In many places in the US, you can sign up for driving lessons through the school. Luckily my daughter's school offered it! Also, love that blue sweater on you!

Small tasks 5:43 has been life changing for me. I used to think I had to turn the whole room upsidedown to clean and organize.

LOL- I had to have my husband teach the kids as my anxiety was too high. Also- we paid for them to have classes at a driver's school so they took them around and let them drive. SO worth it! After my kid started driving I became a nervous car rider - I'm still way more anxious when my husband drives than I was before that- basically it never went away and my kids are 28 and 24 lol.

I found your channel a couple of days ago . I have had a rough year last year with my health. Finally feel ready to start organize my home .

I taught all 3 of my kids to drive in an empty parking lot in our suburban. They got super comfortable constantly taking sharp turns to weave up and down the lot. Using their blinkers, looking both ways, etc. Taught them to park between the lines and today, they can drive and park a Motorhome if they needed to.

Get some window chalk and let others know you have a driver in training! It’s amazing how much more courteous other drivers become. Also: I took both of my kids to a local cemetery to practice. They have roads, stop signs, minimal traffic…can’t hurt a thing! Good luck!

We paid for a driving school-- one of my mantras is "buy yourself a little happiness," and doing so bought me A LOT of happiness...

Hi Cas. I absolutely love your channel, I've learned so much about decluttering and organizing from you. My home still seems like an overwhelming mess, but it's gotten so much better since I found your channel. Getting started is usually my biggest road block because of adhd, depression, and anxiety. But breaking it into small chunks and doing 5 minutes at a time gets me started. Plus, watching your videos while I organize helps a lot, too!

I am 41 and I still remember how anxious my mum was when trying to teach me to drive. I ended up being taught by my grandfather and driving lessons. Definitely driving lessons are worth it, and another family member or friend who has taught others to drive or is normally a relaxed driver. Helped a lot.

Pay for an instructor that has a good passing rate of their students. We did, and it saved us all a lot of stress.

I have taught all three of my kids to drive. First off, if you can't hide your anxiety, you have to talk it out with her or pass the job onto Joe. I am the calmer of the parents, so I wound up teaching them. First, take her to the school parking lot on a weekend when there is no one there. Have her practice slowly accelerating and braking. Have her try to park, then she'll have to go in reverse. Once she is comfortable in the parking lot, which may be a few days, go to a quiet neighborhood where people don't park on the streets, but there are enough stop signs and turns to make it meaningful. I usually made each driving trip no longer than a half hour. This way I was not exhausted, and my child got driving time. Once they graduated from the back roads, I took them on the highway. Learning how to change lanes and look for blind spots. Then, into town on a quiet day. Then parallel parking. I wound up developing a language that didn't sound so harsh or judgmental. If they were too close to the edge of the road, I would say they were hugging the line. If they were going to fast- yo yo Mario (like Andretti). They knew what I meant and it didn't sound as bad. Also- let go of the handle. Breath, relax. If YOU limit the risks, she will still learn. It isn't a race to learn. Break it into small tasks. When she accomplishes the task, she moves onto the next thing to learn. You also have to decide about the radio. Their father, when and if he did drive with them, made them turn it off. He said it was a distraction. For my son, that was fine. For my girls, it was too quiet and they needed the radio. They don't get to have music ADD and change the channel every song, they can make a play list that isn't annoying for you, and once it's on, that's it.

I taught my niece. We started in a large parking lot of a defunct business. Then we drove around a university campus on weekends when no classes were in session; it had dual-lane boulevards, traffic signs, and pedestrian crosswalks. Then, we drove into a nearby small town with wide streets in a 10-block area; it had light traffic, lights, signs, etc. Then, we began driving in my neighborhood; wide-ish streets, more traffic, etc. Then, drove throughout the city. Then, highway driving. The last thing was parallel parking. She built up her confidence slowly and I didn't have to freak out. (But, I'm a pretty chill person.)

My kids are adults and I still look back on the years when they were learning to drive as the most stressful thing I’ve ever done!

When I began my decluttering journey in 2020, I called it All out August. I jotted on a notepad each room and what I wanted to declutter from that space. I was focusing on all my hidden clutter in my drawers, cupboards etc.. I only moved into the next area once I had ticked off everything in the area I was doing. I followed it with Spring clean September ( I’m in the Southern Hemisphere) and organize October. I have never achieved the success I have in my home as I did then and it changed my way of doing things completely. Seeing this video now, I can now see why it worked so well for me….I did your steps without even knowing that I was setting myself up for success. Everything you’ve said here is so true🙌🙌🙌

I love your show. I’m a butterfly that sews, quilts, and machine embroiders. I also paints (acrylic, acrylic pouring, and now added watercolor , makes my own air dry clay, create fairy trees and houses, create pinecone wreaths. Because of you my sewing/art room is super organized. Everything is stored in see through plastic containers. All have labels. Yes I downsized mostly fabric and patterns but also dried up paint, ugly artwork, used sketchpads and half finished products.

Taugh my son how to drive in a giant parking lot at night. Then he graduated to country roads and neighorhoods at night. Then driving around town late at night. There were no arguments, tears or stress. He was a good driver BEFORE he had to deal with other drivers.

You are so right about having a plan it really works. Otherwise your just all over the place.

Pay the $$ to send her to driving school - totally worth it! Thank you for the organizing motivation, I am SO ready to purge and organize in 2023.

My daughter has a car fund and researched that 15 year olds who take drivers Ed can get their permit as soon as they demonstrate they’ve started the class and can pass the test. She paid for it! She was 15 and one month when she started with her permit and she couldn’t get her license in our state until she was 16 and 3 months so she had 14 months to practice and it was astonishing how much better she was just after the first one on one one-hour driving class with the instructor and besides something like 30 hours of study and tests, it included 6 hours with the instructor and the final driving test passing with the BMV…I recommend every parent find a way to do this for your child…find a reputable and well-referred school and it’s a real blessing!!

Needed the reminder to embrace "good enough"...thank you!! ❤🤗 Your Mom instinct about hiring a driving instructor is on point!! 😘

We moved into a new house the end of October and I’m still unpacking. I do my best to make a daily plan but haven’t done a big picture plan. I have my spiral and pen to brain dump and get started on my overall plan then I can break it down into daily tasks. I’m hosting our family on January 7, and I need to have things done. Thank you for helping me focus and be successful!

Oh my gosh, teaching my son to drive was stressful. BUT it was mostly because he didnt have right peripheral vision. He had a stroke when he was 16 and lost his right peripheral on both eyes. Fortunately, he is allowed to legally drive. We bought him some additional mirrors just to be safe. I wanted to make sure he was extra safe, because he is responsible for making sure he can drive safely for himself and others - and this was all that mattered to me at that time. We would practice in the school parking lots on the weekends, and parks where nobody was so he didn't have that added pressure. He was completely off the roads where people were. I would have him park in the spots at the school, then get out so he could see what it looked like outside vs from inside the car. That way he could also gauge where he needed to be in his lanes, etc. So we would practice in these larger open areas until we both felt more comfortable, then we would go down smaller roads with hardly any traffic, and just slowly worked our way up. He was good about listening to me, and I had to remember what is was like, myself so I just prayed to be nice and gentle and understanding. It was scary at times LOL. I am so proud of him - he is 23 now and is a good driver. I think finding a safe area where they can practice helps take some of the pressure off and is easier to learn! Hope its going well! :)

Where we live, we were required to do driver's ed before we were allowed to get even our permits because we got them before we turned 18 (neither of us got our licenses before we turned 18, though - I was 19 and my sister was 20). If it's so stressful for you to teach her that all you're doing when she's driving is freaking out, it's perfectly okay to pass that responsibility off to driver's ed, _if the instructor's methods mesh with how she learns, that is_ (the one where my sister and I started, the instructor was good in the classroom but really terrible for the behind-the-wheel sessions, so we ended up switching to a different driving school for the behind-the-wheel) - it's about what's best for her and what will be the most effective way for her to learn that won't make her hate driving or shatter her confidence. I've had my license for almost 10 years, and I still hate driving when my parents are in the car because they both freak out at the tiniest things, which distracts me so much that I basically have a zero tolerance policy for it. I will probably never let my sister ride with me ever again, for sure in the winter, because not only does she not trust me as a driver for some really strange reason, but even the slightest feeling of skidding makes her absolutely panic, even though we grew up in MN with real winters, so skidding is just a fact of life in the winter - I (safely - I only do it when there's no chance of me hitting anyone or anything) like to sometimes skid around turns for fun in the winter so that I can refresh my muscle memory on correcting a skid so that I'm ready for when it happens when I'm not doing it on purpose (which is even harder to correct when the vehicle is rear wheel drive and the streets are plowed slick - I really hate the tires that are on my truck right now: they're my "summer" tires, and while they're technically winter rated, the tread pattern on them is definitely NOT designed for winter driving - I'll be getting my snow tires put on at the end of January (the shop is booked 6+ weeks out), so at least I'll have them for the rest of the winter after that).

You, Kathryn, and Bargain Bethany inspire me to organize and declutter every New Year. Love watching y'all.

Yes, I was tasked with the drivers ed duties for my step-son and the best thing I ever did was to hire a divers ed teacher. It was great! He taught my step-son all the rules and got all the first time experiences out of the way which made it easier for me to just practice with my step-son instead of me having to do the teaching. I'm also a pretty calm and patient driver, which is why I had the drivers ed duties instead of my husband, but I would have her drive with which ever parent is the most calm in the beginning. It does make a difference in their driving performance. And again, definitly hire someone to do the bulk of the teaching!

yield to the person on your right when coming to the stop sign at the same time. Also tell her on a right hand turn at a red light the law is to come to a complete stop, and yield to traffic, and only turn when traffic is clear. I took my daughter to a back country road with a fairly straight road where she could practice without traffic and get a feel and control of the car. Thanks for the refresher video. I for one still need the help!

We've taught 3 kids to drive, and the last one we start teaching in Match. Ugh! :) Our oldest just would not listen to me. So I actually had my dad (former race car driver) teach him. Our daughter would go into panic mode and hit the gas instead of the brakes. Ran into a side by side at a gas station! She also got stuck on train tracks with the driving instructor. Finally, with her, we spent an entire Saturday driving in the parking lot of the local middle school. Loops, figure 8's, parking, backing out of parking. By the end of that day, she was no longer freaking out about the little things, and we were able to get out on the road. It was all the little things that were overwhelming her. The next son, having learned our lesson, we spent a full day in the parking lot. And then got out on the road. Of the three, he is best prepared to drive. Of the three, he is the only one to have gotten in an accident. Everyone pray for me come March when the youngest starts learning!

Thank you for all the great tips Cas!! Also, I’ve been teaching my daughter how to drive since Aug 2022. My best advice is to ask her to drive in a way that her passengers feel safe. Also, give her as much feedback as possible, but, also it’s important to give her complements, like when she was younger. At the end of the drive, ask her what she can improve. More importantly…. I suggest paying for practice in the highway/freeway. I plan on paying for those lessons as well. Good luck 🍀

Teaching my daughter to drive-the most horrifying time of my life. I started carrying my rosary in my pocket every time I stepped into the car with her. I feel your pain, Cass.

I've taught 2 of my kids to drive (as well as my best friend back in the day). My boys had the benefit of learning on our John Deere ride mower before they got behind the wheel. I feel like that made my job easier. We also paid for driving school. Having them practice on quiet roads on Sunday mornings is an idea. I'm much calmer than my husband when teaching them how to drive.

I invested in professional driving lessons. Best thing ever. Dual control car and a teacher who managed my anxiety in a lovely calm manner. Passed my practical first time because of her.

Driver's ed is the way to go. It was part of the curriculum at my High School but has since been phased out. Why? It is an essential part of being an adult human so why exclude it from school? It would totally be worth it to pay someone else to teach your daughter to drive- it will save stress on both of you and it will probably be better because the instructor will know the rules of the road. Good luck! This is when my grey hairs starting coming in. LOL

Here in Ireland you have to have 12 lessons from a professional instructor. But in between the lessons I went with my daughter for practice. I'm a terrible passenger at the best of times (even though I'm a confident driver myself) but I was very nervous and I was always glad to be back from our journey! I even went to get out of the car to berate someone who beeped at her for no reason 😂. She passed first time thank goodness ... Now I just worry every time she goes driving by herself. You don't think of this when you're having a baby!

I've taught a few younger friends of mine and now my daughter also how to drive. Thing I like to do first is start with the absolute basics of using the car. All the instruments and get them comfortable even sitting behind the wheel. Then go somewhere isolated if you can, if not an empty car park after/before the shops open/shut and just get them to drive around it. Pretend there are traffic lights etc, other cars, giving way, and they can get used to using the accelerator/breaks calmly so its not all jerky or too heavy on the pedals. Then once they are a pro at driving around, go out on to a quiet street so they can practice with other actual cars. Save the busy streets until they are really confident and have quite a few hours under their belts. My biggest tip though, is to be calm.. Panic on the inside but stay calm on the outside lol. As hard as that sounds. The last thing they need is the person teaching them to be a panicked mess. Then everyone is just anxious and they wont learn effectively. Hope some of that helped :)

Thanks for this video. I hadn't realized that my perfectionism was blocking me from completing my organizing tasks but once you said that it made so much sense to me! Teaching Driving: The best thing we did to take the stress from teaching our 5 kids to drive was spending 15 minutes in the driveway practicing "go" and "stop" maneuvers. We would give one of those directions and the kid would move their foot to the gas or break peddle. We did this until they felt confident in their muscle memory in finding the right peddle and we saw they could react quickly. This really kept the stress levels down for both the parent and the new driver when we got out on the road.

I recommend professional driver training, for many reasons. My issue right now is that I really need a dedicated home office, instead of using the built-in desk in my kitchen. The process has to begin elsewhere in the house to create a domino effect: Declutter and organize my storage room, move things there from the space I want to make an office, then move all my office stuff out of the kitchen. Which is why it hasn't gotten done yet.

My BEST advice for teaching a kid to drive- HUSBANDS! That’s something I definitely have my husband do, ain’t no way I can handle it. I still grip the oh crap handle and push the imaginary brake pedal when I’m in the car with my 21 yo. 😂😂

While we didn't schedule organizing this way, my husband's calendar did show where we were going and what we were doing. We called it "getting on the square". You think this is restrictive, but it actually frees up your day. Once we had 2 Boy Scout events and my daughter's birthday on the same day! And everything fell into place. Now I have to teach this to my son-in-law. He is starting to get better.

I was lucky and got out of teaching my 2 sons to drive. However my luck did don’t hold out. My daughter, the late in life baby, didn’t want to drive until after high school. I learned you can teach old dogs (me) new tricks. I started out by driving her to a sport complex near us where there was lots of empty parking spaces. There she got the hang of the accelerator and the brakes. We drove around, parked, backed up, etc. Then we headed out on the road. She was still nervous so I drove her to back country roads and we practiced on those. Basically it was baby steps. But she is a successful driver now. Meditation, deep breaths and trying to remember how awkward driving feels when it was new to you will help. But mostly remember that this is an opportunity to have one on one time with your child. It’s something you both will remember for years to come. And maybe even share a laugh or two down the road. 😉

Sign her up for drivers ed to learn the basics and it helps lower your insurance.

It's probably Joe's job to teach her to drive 😃

It is extremely satisfying to declutter and organize things. I have Multiple Sclerosis and one of the main side effects for me is chronic fatigue. I'm talking cannot lift my head off the pillow exhaustion. So, learning ways to organize, even at my almost empty nest stage of life, is important for me and my family. Keep teaching!

My mom was a lot like you on the teaching to drive reflexes( her freaking out in the car), it caused too much tension with my parents so I had others teach me friends at school that drove well, my cousin's boyfriend, my boyfriend's neighbor was kind enough with the patience to cover everything eventually and let me use his car to take the test in also. I will say multiple teaches helped me learn different types of vehicles, manual and automatic and how to drive with different personalities with me in the car. I think the variety helped over all. I know its not the norm but it was awesome for me.

Teaching Izzy to drive is gonna be a breeze Cass.. No.. Really. 1st & foremost, take her to a medical park with side streets, that is closed on the wkends. No Stress! When she follows the rules and ur not having heart failure.. take her to a less busy part of the city.. preferably a residential area. Mayb ur own neighborhood. She's gonna do fine. Go Izzy.. Go Izzy !! 😆 🤣

I grew up with us having a give away bag all the time going. Every time when full it went to Good Work . Lets stuff us a great feeling.

My parents paid for Drivers Ed and that was the best route. Not only I learned how to drive, I also learned how to be safe while driving. Worth the money. I recommend it!

I hate to break it to you Cas but you are not the right person to teach your kid to drive. A kid needs a calm vibe and someone they dont know to teach them. Hire someone. 100%

best tips EVER, that I got from these years watching you Cass: 1. If takes a minute or less.... do it now! 2. Touch it once Think about them all the time, every single day, and I´m being less messy, or more organized, hehe THANK YOU 4EVER

Driving school. Am 76 and that is how I easily learned.

Teaching someone to drive is stressful; it requires lots of patience and presence and being calm and non-judgemental, regardless. Practicing in parking lots and on low traffic roads and streets are helpful. Information overload is another thing to be aware of. Providing basic instruction before even starting the car is essential; where everything is, how to use it, etc. Then, slowly build on the basics after each step is conquered. This will build her confidence, and your calm. Oh yes, and positive encouragement, as well. Good luck. 😊

my mom was not a teacher but she chose to teach me to drive...that lasted about 5 mins. we got to the corner and she wouldn't stop screaming at me so I got out and walked home. It was a stick so it wasn't easy. My dad a truck driver was home watching TV so I told him, you have to teach me because she can't. lol. He took me to where he worked on the weekends, an industrial area with little traffic. It was great, he was always the patient one anyway, he let me drive around, in and out of the parking lots. Then were we lived it was mandatory you take 6hrs of drivers training with a professional, (ya just 6) which was a few months later, 3 2hr sessions, they took me on the freeway since I'd already gotten a lot of practice in with my dad they were like, wow you're a good driver haha. Then I passed the test on the first try. After that I took my friends driving around where my dad worked, there wasn't much to hit and it wasn't busy so it was great. I was very much like him, calm and patient with the occasional, hit the breaks or grabbing the wheel but I taught a few of my friends to drive since their parents wouldn't. If you're to anxious when someone else is driving, ya pick a different person to teach them. having someone who's calm next to you really. helps. My mom eventually stopped screaming at me when I got the hang of stoping and going with a stick and then my gram let me use her car which was an automatic so that made driving even easier.

Saving this! Definitely the encouragement that I needed right here, right now. Thank you!! 💜

Best advice I got from my dad on driving was it should be smooth, like a ballet. That means planning ahead to time things out so your not last minute trying to get lined up to merge you can already be lined up. Or easing off the gas when coming up to a stop. Lane transitions should be smooth etc. All of it means planning ahead and being aware.

Using random cardboard boxes for storing items 1st has helped me control my bin and basket buying. So I have a place to put the items while organizing. It's alot of fun when you know the dimensions of the basket you're looking for, and having "permission," from yourself to buy it is great.

Great advise! Thx

I was the same exact way with ALL 3 of my kids!!! I was a basket case so needless to say, it made them the same way. I had 9 years between my oldest and youngest and even time didn't help me do any better. By the time it came around to my last kid learning to drive, it was a given who was going to teach them...... Dad!! My husband had patience of gold when it csme to this, not so much for other things in life but for that, he did and I was so very grateful!!

8:35 this literally SPOKE to me!!! Thank you for saying this. I love how motivational you are. You make me want to get up and clean!!

Yay! I have been rewatching sooo many of your older videos to get motivated. Thank you! 💙💚💙💚💙

Give a person a gut wrenching feeling of goodness and satisfaction just buy watching, don't it?👍👍

Thanks for sharing the tips as I was watching I wrote down my goals for 2023

Thank you for your advice! You inspired me to clean out some kitchen cabinets and then I got into the mood and continued to other areas of the kitchen.

I have been watching you and a few other ladies ..I’m on a roll ..I have been purging my house ..1Room at a time ..donating plenty..today I organized part of my kitchen..so I need a box so I can take to the church

LOVE,LOVE your channel! I am a stuff shuffler! Love hearing you say “It’s okay to get rid of it!”

I saw a video of yours recently in which you suggested writing down specific dates & times for getting things done around the house. (Scheduling) I have been doing this for a few days now, and it really works. Slowly but surely, things are getting done and I'm getting more organized. Thank you!