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Marie KondoMarie Kondo(近藤 麻理恵Kondo Marie?)is a Japaneseorganizing consultantand author.1She has written four books on organizing, which have sold more than two million copies altogether and have been translated from Japanese into languages includingKorean,Chinese,German, andEnglish.1In particular, her bookThe Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizinghas been published in more than 30 countries.2It was a best seller in Japan and in Europe, and was published in the United States in 2014.1She was listed as one of the worlds 100 most influential people byTime Magazinein 2015BackgroundKondo has said that she was interested in organizing since childhood. In junior school, she ran into the classroom to tidy up bookshelves while her classmates were playing in Physical Education class. Whenever there was nomination for class roles, she did not seek to be the class representative or the pet feeder. Instead, she yearned to be the book shelf manager to continue to tidy up books. She says she experienced a breakthrough in organizing one day, I was obsessed with what I could throw away. One day, I had a kind ofnervous breakdownand fainted. I was unconscious for two hours. When I came to, I heard a mysterious voice, like some god of tidying telling me to look at my things more closely. And I realized my mistake: I was only looking for things to throw out. What I should be doing is finding the things I want to keep. Identifying the things that make you happy: that is the work of tidying.4She also spent five years as an attendant maiden at aShintoshrine.4She is married.5On her blog post on July 17, Kondo announced that she had given birth to a baby girl.KonMari methodKondos method of organizing is known as the KonMari method, and consists of gathering together everything you own and then keeping only those things which spark joy (tokimeku in Japanese, literally flutter, throb, palpitate6), and choosing a place for everything from then on.Media appearancesA two-part TV dramatization was filmed in 2013 based on Kondo and her work, 人生片魔法.10She has also done many lectures and TV appearances.14She has also released a series of videos teaching “the best way to fold for perfect appearance”近藤麻理惠一个拿“整理”当职业的女孩上图中的年轻女孩叫近藤麻理惠，生于东京，A型血，是日本著名的整理咨询顾问。擅长施展“近藤式整理魔法”，将看不到地板的垃圾屋，整理成如饭店套房般清爽的心动空间，下图都是她指导客户进行整理前后的实例对比：近藤从幼稚园大班就开始阅读esse及orange page等主妇杂志，热爱打扫、整理、烹饪与裁缝等家事，小学六年都在享受“新娘课程”的乐趣，那时的她，最大的梦想是成为一名“家庭主妇”。到国中三年级时，因阅读畅销书丢弃的艺术对整理产生兴趣，开始全心投入收纳整理技巧的研究之中，希望找到一种“任何人都可以做到的，只要整理一次就不会再变乱”的整理方法。大学二年级开展了自己的整理咨询业务，连毕业论文的题目都是視点見掃除/片（从性别角度看做扫除整理）。如今已成为日本知名整理专家的她，事业进行的如火如荼，除了继续与客户进行一对一的家居整理指导，还成立了整理学校和整理协会，不仅教学生改善自家环境，还在为立志投身整理行业的学员提供专业培训。 虽然近藤在日本已得到普遍认可和支持，但她从事的职业（整理咨询顾问，也叫做整理师、整理专家、空间规划师等）在中国尚未兴起。这篇文章，笔者会把收集到的近藤麻理惠的资料与大家分享，通过对她的介绍，让朋友们对这个发展前景广阔的职业有更深入的了解。 最初认识近藤，是通过她的书截至2014年12月中旬，近藤共出版了三本书，如上图所示。对应的国内台版译本（见下图）依次为：怦然心动的人生整理魔法、怦然心动的人生整理魔法2、你值得每一天怦然心动的生活。下图是大陆简体版，目前只有怦然心动的人生整理魔法1+2。这是她第一本书的获奖照片，“audiobook award”（有声读物奖），她获奖实至名归，因为书中的素材来源非常不容易，见下面这些图：近藤的客户，有着不同的职业、年龄、国籍，但相同的是他们都很幸运，可以得到她专业系统的帮助，从此摆脱混乱无序的生活环境。 看过上面这些照片，你就知道近藤麻理惠的书有着很高的含金量，她的取材来自丰富的研究和实践经验，远不是当今那些凭空捏造，东拼西凑赚版税的名人可以相提并论的。也正是因为她如此用心，如今的她已经获得了多方面的认可和支持，有了自己的小团队，有了更多的渠道宣传推广她的整理理念，见下面这些图：上图是中小型的教学课和讲座。（右图是她的母校，近藤早在大学时期就在校内开展了自己的整理咨询服务，如今又再次回校与学弟学妹们分享整理心得。）这是英国媒体对她的报道，文中把她叫做“Japanese clean-up queen”（日本整理女王）。 近藤麻理惠，一个最初梦想是成为“家庭主妇”的女孩，在而立之年，已然成为整理界的权威人士。这个小巧的女孩，看起来文静内敛，内心却有着极大的力量，面对让很多人恐惧的杂乱环境，她始终充满了勇气、信心、耐心和