Marie Kondo (近藤 麻理恵 Kondō Marie) is a Japanese organizing consultant and author. She has written four books on organizing, which have collectively sold millions of copies 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 (2011) has been published in more than 30 countries.[2] 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 Time's "100 most influential people" in 2015.
The KonMari Method is based on some basic concepts that sound simple in theory, but can be harder when it's time to put them in to action. Still, the challenge is so worth it in the long run, because you will find joy in places you never expected . . . probably hidden underneath piles of crap you don't need, or buried in a junk drawer you haven't opened in years. And really, the more s