近藤麻理惠的作品《怦然心动的人生整理魔法》(The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up)畅销全球,其收纳术在全球引发众多粉丝追捧。时报记者这么描述这些粉丝:“她们自称为近藤皈依者(Konvert),宣称在使用近藤的清理方法之后,她们的生活发生了真正的改变:通过将目标调高,她们看到了一条出路。”(They called themselves Konverts, and they say their lives have truly changed as a result of using her decluttering methods: They could see their way out of the stuff by aiming upward.)