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.
Sam
It’s go time!
Remember that time I expressed my hesitation about switching to a smaller planner? A planner I had not DIY’d myself? Long gone are those days of worry. I am a convert. Hello, my name is Sam and I’m addicted to planners. Specifically, Erin Condren planners and accessories and I want to show some Galentine’s Day Love for My […]

Anyone already feeling the pressure with school dates, appointments, volunteer requirements and classroom calendars flooding in? *raises hand – very high* Am taking my own advice, remembering one day / one thing at a time, keeping appointments with myself (the gym) and breathing in that fresh air. It’s been a whirlwind couple of weeks as […]

Doesn’t it seem as if most people (you!) are on a never-ending quest to find the “perfect” calendar, planner, personal / home management tool? Maybe it appears to be a big, stressful topic because I spend a lot of time with unorganized folks that are trying to become more efficient, productive…and stay on top of […]
