Hi, I'm Sam—a Certified Professional Organizer® based in the San Francisco Bay Area and the voice behind Simply Organized. This blog has been my passion project since 2010, and it's where I get to share everything I've learned from organizing hundreds of homes. You'll find real strategies that work in real life, honest product recommendations, project transformations, and the organizing philosophy that guides all my work: maintainable over perfect. Let's create a home that works beautifully for how you actually live.

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As with most changes you’ll make, it’s the getting started part that’s tough. I’ve witnessed countless families and individuals struggle to change a situation simply because getting started feels or seems to be complicated. It’s also different and when something is different / new habits haven’t settled in yet, it doesn’t feel great. But I think we […]

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