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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Paper is consistently one of the biggest clutter pain points in our homes — and tax season brings it to a head. We work with families and are reminded on every project that the paper piles in the kitchen – and otherwise – are very real…and maddening. It’s as if the piles breed overnight. In […]
Filed in : Paper Organization
March 18, 2026
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If you’re a small business owner, chances are you didn’t pursue your passion to only sit at your desk week in and week out crunching numbers. Or stressing about taxes, payroll and bookkeeping. Unless of course, that’s the type of small business work you do. In my case, I have a passion for professional organizing. […]
Filed in : Financial Organization, Professional Organizer
