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!
In general, “typical” people struggle with getting and staying organized. Our culture is constantly moving and there are so many demands for us to meet. Organization is a hugely important life-skill to have in our tool-belt to battle those daily stressors all of us face. But have you ever stopped to think about how this affects […]

No, this isn’t one of those recipes to help you lose weight. This one is for the picky eater in your house…especially your picky eating special needs child. A few months ago I shared that one of my children is on the spectrum. PDD-NOS, to be specific. Following that post, many of you reached out expressing […]