Last minute gifts that are sure to be remembered

You need a last minute gift, you want to do everything right and you ask yourself: «Can happiness be given as a gift? Yes, of course!

Discover ideas for last minute gifts that will be remembered – not just at Christmas – and also for those who already have everything. Happiness potential included and scientifically tested -:)

Looking for the right gift at the last minute? Can it work well?

• “What gifts will you remember?”
• “What can I give to those who already have everything?”
• “Can happiness be given as a gift?”

Maybe you know it too: the fifth pair of earrings that you only wear for a short time and then put in the beautiful bowl together with the other four pairs does not make you happy. It is possible that soon you will no longer remember them. And certainly not from whom you got it and for what occasion. You wear your favorite creoles every day. Point.

The gifts don’t even depend on a lack of ideas or empathy. Only the gesture counts. Because someone thought of you. You like earrings. You already have five pairs, but unfortunately only two ears.

For Marie Kondo, for example, gesture is almost everything and therefore recommends throwing away, selling or giving things away if you don’t like them. Gifts included.

I am also not in favor of accumulating things that are not good for me. But if you think about it more closely, we don’t necessarily have to come to that. And our German mountains of rubbish are quite large anyway.

Giving gifts correctly, but how?

So what is the “Give the right gift«? And how do we remember gifts? Which ones make us happy?
Which ones leave us amazed and excited about for a long time? Whatever idea comes to mind last minute Exactly?

An interesting report by the two psychologists and happiness researchers Leaf van Boven and Thomas gave me the idea to write this article. I read what I already knew from personal experience: happiness, who would have expected it otherwise, can be bought or given to a limited extent! But what does it look like in practice?

Certainly not only in the form of material things that we put in the closet. It’s more about (shared) experiences and the experiences people have together during that experience. This connects.

You can tell a little story about it later. People love stories and can remember them better than things that age in a drawer.

Beautiful experiences that we give to ourselves and others. That’s all. According to the two scientists, they are more likely to make you happy.

Experiences are more likely to create positive feelings. And the money we spend on holidays or city trips, for example, is well spent

Give experiences instead of other things

It took a while for the penny to drop for me too. I’m more used to thinking in terms of gifts I can receive or order in the city. But then suddenly some emerged LAST MINUTE GIFT IDEASthat I can imagine for some of my favorite people. And not everyone has to deal with (a lot of) money:

• A Movie night with your best friend | Girlfriend including popcorn and more pee – the new film with his | his favorite actress.

• A Walk in the castle park with my aunt and then drink coffee – he loves talking about old times.
• With best friend relaxed with that Train to the countryside for excursions drive, have a rustic lunch and have lots of time to talk.
• The new expansion of the museum XY opened: the the art enthusiast Onkel I invite you for a few hours.
• Die Green thumb sister in spring traveling for one English rose breeder bring with you.
• Dem eldest son (playing the saxophone) and his girlfriend two-for-one Jazz concert Give.
• The younger son GIN-Test Make a reservation at the trendy new bar.
• Die Friends to a Moroccan culinary evening invite.
• With the Murmuring a weekend in his Place of birth guide. Because I know she won’t have the courage to do it alone, but she will remember it for a long time.
• A Driver training for car enthusiasts Husband.
• and, and, and.

Give twice: anticipation and joy

You’ll probably come up with more ideas once you start thinking about it. It’s noisy from above AND Gilovich We’re giving one away as a bonus, so to speak second, very important form of joy –

The anticipation

So the thought of an experience we look forward to when we look at the calendar.

How simple, how human, how logical, I thought and was happy to be able to do it Inspiration for more joy in life received and I can pass it on to you.

I already have most of the gifts for my family, but not all. Something just occurred to me.

One last gift idea: feeling comfortable at home thanks to interior design advice

Yes, “Feeling good at home” can also be given as a gift. After all, almost 50% of Germans say they don’t feel comfortable at home.

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