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is a Japanese organizing consultant and author. She has written four books on organizing, which have sold more than two million copies altogether and have been translated from Japanese into languages including Korean, Chinese, French, German, and English.〔 In particular, her book ''The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing'' has been published in more than 30 countries.〔 (February 26, 2015 Marie Kondo and the Cult of Tidying Up ''Wall Street Journal'' ) Retrieved April 8, 2015] 〕 It was a best seller in Japan and in Europe, and was published in the United States in 2014.〔 She was listed as one of the world's 100 most influential people by Time Magazine in 2015.〔 (Cleanup guru Marie Kondo among Time's 100 most influential people April 17, 2015 ''Asahi Shimbun'' ) Retrieved April 20, 2015 〕 ==Background== Kondo 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 of nervous breakdown and 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."〔 She also spent five years as an attendant maiden at a Shinto shrine.〔 She is married.〔 (February 26, 2015 Marie Kondo and the Cult of Tidying Up ''Wall Street Journal'' ) Retrieved April 8, 2015] 〕 On her blog post on July 17, Kondo announced that she had given birth to a baby girl. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marie Kondo」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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