In our previous episode, we confessed that we have been somewhat schooled by the recently released Netflix Original series, Tidying Up with Marie Kondo.

…and that’s what got us re-thinking our gift-giving habits.

None of us actively wants to add clutter to other people’s lives, nor to the planet’s.

But. Our society has generally conditioned all of us to equate gift-giving with giving concrete, physical things.

So.

To help us re-condition ourselves, here are some things we managed to think of, for…

No-Waste Gift Ideas

• foods like fun snacks, treats, spice packets, etc.

• gift certificates to restaurants

• soaps

• candles

• incense (or sage, sweetgrass, palo santo, etc.)

• a membership to a museum, botanical garden, amusement park, etc.

• a book of postage stamps (for the retro card and letter-writers)

• gift certificate to Groupon (give the gift of experiences and tickets, like how we used Groupon to get tickets to an alpaca ranch tour)

• meal services (like Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, or other, ready-made meal delivery services)

• flowers (here’s that previous episode where we mentioned about when and why to not give flowers)

• a donation to their favorite charitable organization

• a gift from their favorite charitable organization, that benefits it

If you have any other ideas or anecdotes to share about this topic, you can give other readers the gift 😉of sharing it in the comments.