新概念雙語：日本家政女皇的整理秘訣大揭密

Marie “KonMari” Kondo’s book The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing is a best-seller in Japan, Germany, and the U.K. Kondo favors a radical approach to decluttering that advocates downsizing your stuff in one fell swoop; insists that storage containers promote hoarding, not organization; and takes an emotional approach to helping people discard excess possessions. Here, Kondo shares an excerpt from the book.

近藤麻理惠的書《改變你一生的整理魔法：清理與規(guī)整的日本藝術(shù)》在日本，德國和英國已經(jīng)成為暢銷書。麻理惠喜歡快準狠的清理方式，支持人們快刀斬亂麻的清減囤積的物品。她篤信儲物箱會促使人們產(chǎn)生囤物癖，而不是鼓勵人們整理物品。她從情感上幫助人們放棄多余的所有物。下面是麻理惠與大家分享的一些摘自她書中的觀點。

“Discard anything that doesn’t spark joy。” If you have tried this method even a little, you have realized by now that it is not that difficult to identify something that brings you joy. The moment you touch it, you know the answer.

“拋棄所有不能讓你開心的東西。”如果你曾經(jīng)嘗試過這種方法，哪怕只是一兩次，你就會知道，想要發(fā)現(xiàn)某樣?xùn)|西能否給你帶來快樂并不是一件困難的事情。只要觸碰到它，你就知道答案了。

During the selection process, if you come across something that does not spark joy but that you just can’t bring yourself to throw away, stop a moment and ask yourself, “Am I having trouble getting rid of this because of an attachment to the past or because of a fear for the future?”

在選擇的過程中，如果你遇到某樣?xùn)|西，雖然它不能讓你開心，你卻狠不下心拋棄它，你就應(yīng)該停下來問問自己，“我之所以難以拋棄它，是因為我還沉湎于過去，害怕面對未來嗎?”

The best way to find out what we really need is to get rid of what we don’t. Quests to faraway places or shopping sprees are no longer necessary. All you have to do is eliminate what you don’t need by confronting each of your possessions properly. The process of facing and selecting our possessions can be quite painful. It forces us to confront our imperfections and inadequacies and the foolish choices we made in the past.

想知道我們真正需要的是什么，最好的方法就是拋棄掉我們不需要的東西。無需像從前那樣不遠千里求取珍品，也無需在促銷活動中采購狂歡。你需要做的僅僅是以正確的方式直面每一件自己擁有的東西，然后擯棄掉自己不需要的不需要的東西。正視和選擇我們擁有的物品可能是一個痛苦的過程。這個過程強迫我們挑戰(zhàn)自身的缺陷和不足，挑戰(zhàn)我們過去因為愚蠢犯下的錯誤。

There are three approaches we can take toward our possessions: face them now, face them sometime, or avoid them until the day we die. The choice is ours. If we can have confidence in our decisions and launch enthusiastically into action without any doubts holding us back, we will be able to achieve much more. In other words, the sooner we confront our possessions, the better. If you are going to put your house in order, do it now.

對我們擁有的東西，我們有三種處理方法：現(xiàn)在就面對他們，未來某天面對他們，或者逃避他們直到我們離開人世。選擇權(quán)在我們自己。如果我們對自己的選擇有信心，帶著熱情展開行動，不帶任何顧慮，我們一定能收獲更多。換句話說，我們面對自己的物品的時間越早越好。如果你想讓自己的房間整潔起來，現(xiàn)在就開始行動吧!