Do you have too much stuff? Are you, dare we say it, untidy?   16   Say hello to a TV show called Tidying Up with Marie Kondo, a home improvement show based on her widely popular book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up. In the show, Marie Kondo acts as a tiny garbage fairy for messy people, visiting their houses to share the wisdom of the “KonMarie” method. This method is simple in theory, but can be endlessly complex in practice.  17  You divide all the stuff in your house—all of it—into several categories, and then examine each item—all of them—to see if it sparks joy. If it does, you keep it. If it doesn't, you thank it, and neatly discard it. So is the TV show inspiring people to tidy up? First-hand accounts seem to indicate a small wave of people bringing piles of donation bags to used goods stores. One store received thousands of bags of used possessions in one day. January is usually the stores slow season for donations, because it's cold and people don't want to bother. But not this January. People seem determined to clean up their homes.  18  One used book store received a month's worth of books in donations in a week when a man gave over 50 boxes of books from his home. It seems Marie's TV show is having a big impact, after all.

你有太多的东西吗? 你是，我们大胆地说出来，不整洁的吗?  16  来看看电视节目《和近藤麻理惠一起整理》吧，这是一档根据她广受欢迎的图书《怦然心动的人生整理魔法》改编而来的居家环境改善类节目。在节目中，近藤麻理惠扮演一位为脏乱的人们处理垃圾的小精灵，去参观他们的房子并分享“近藤麻理惠”整理法的智慧。这种方法在理论上是很简单的，但实践起来可以无限复杂。  17  你要把家里所有的东西分隔开——所有的东西——分成几类，然后检查每一件物品——所有的物品——看看它们是否能给你带来欢乐。如果是，你就留下它。如果不是，你要感谢它，并利落地丢弃它。那么，这个电视节目有没有正在鼓励人们打扫卫生呢？第一手资料似乎显示，有一小群人带着一堆捐赠袋去了二手商店。 一家商店在一天之内就收到了成千上万袋的二手物品。一月份通常是商店接收捐赠物品的淡季，因为天气很冷，人们不想麻烦。但今年一月就不同了。人们似乎决心要清理他们的家。 18  一家二手书店一周内就收到了等同于过去一个月的捐书量，有一位男性捐了家里的50多箱书。毕竟，麻理惠的电视节目似乎正在产生很大的影响。