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!
Warning: Keeping it real in this post! Summer after summer, I found myself pulling my hair out trying to keep my kids entertained and – let’s be honest – refereeing the daily fighting and bickering. Yes, summer usually kicks off on a fun note. Everyone is excited to be out of school and living a relaxed lifestyle […]

Before having children, there was rarely a time when I’d forget something on my grocery list. Remember the good ol’ days of relaxing strolls through the market? Having a peaceful moment to read labels and ingredients? I may have even had time to compare prices! Ha! Now as a mother of 3, I’m lucky to survive […]
