Clutter Free Gift Ideas for the Holidays

As we enter the holiday gift-buying season, I want to bring up the idea of clutter-free gifts. I love gifts. I think they are tremendous fun. I love buying them, I love wrapping them, and I love receiving them. However, ever since bringing Feng Shui into my life, it has made me very aware of the clutter that a lot of them can cause. Going the clutter-free route is just an option to think about.

Here are a few clutter-free gift ideas:

Gift Certificates:

This is pretty obvious, but it does let the person buy something that they are excited about, and maybe they wouldn’t have bought for themselves, or just haven’t for a variety of reasons. There are so many options, but here are just a few:

• Their favorite store
• Amazon
• Their favorite restaurant
• Spa treatments: Massage, facial, manicure, or pedicure

Memberships:

• Amazon Prime
• Local museums
• Gyms or clubs
• Online membership groups

Subscriptions:

• TV is so different these days and there are soooo many streaming services and many people are getting tired of paying for all of them.  Think about gifting a subscription to services like Netflix, AppleTV, Max, or Hulu. 
• Masterclass is fantastic (http://masterclass.com). Someone gifted me a subscription to this a couple of years ago and I highly recommend it. If you are not familiar with this platform, they have taken all sorts of interesting people at the top of their fields and have created Masterclasses on a variety of topics.  They have people such as Thomas Keller on cooking, Sara Blakely on Entrepreneurship, Malcom Gladwell on Writing, Kelly Wearstler on Interior Design, and countless others: Richard Branson, Diane Von Furstenberg, Ron Howard, Steve Martin, Shonda Rhimes, and they just keep adding.
• Gaia. (https://www.gaia.com). If you know someone who is more spiritually inclined, this streaming service is amazing. It’s like spiritual Netflix.
• Audible or Kindle
• Food, Coffee, Tea or Wine-of-the-Month subscriptions

Experiences or Events:

• Tickets to a theater show
• An Exhibit
• One of those Art Immersive Experiences (they look so cool)
• A Concert
• A Stand-up Comedy Show
• Movie Theater Passes

Services:

• How about a few months of car washes? (or gas for that matter!)
• Housecleaning
• Food delivery service

Classes:

• In-person or online
• a workshop
• a seminar/webinar

Other Ideas:

• A contribution to their favorite charity
• Gifts that will be used or consumed, like candles, food or wine
• Presence, not presents.  How about giving your time to someone? Maybe they need help on a project or are involved with something that needs volunteers.
• A Feng Shui consultation (just sayin’)

These are just some ideas. There are so many, but hopefully these will give you something to think about.

“Less stuff means less to clean, less to organize, less to store, less mess.” – Unknown