Speaker 1: Welcome to Before Breakfast, a production of iHeartRadio. Good Morning,
Speaker 1: This is Laura. Welcome to the Before Breakfast podcast. Today's
Speaker 1: tip is about how to choose a present for someone
Speaker 1: who has everything. Try to give them something that they
Speaker 1: probably wouldn't give themselves. You just might spark a little
Speaker 1: more delight that way. So there are some phases of
Speaker 1: life when people truly need things. Think about the high
Speaker 1: school graduate heading off to college, or a family that
Speaker 1: is welcoming their first baby. Those people will appreciate the
Speaker 1: towels or the garbage can or the diapers that they
Speaker 1: receive as gifts. Many adults, though, reach a point in
Speaker 1: their lives when they don't really need anything. Giving and
Speaker 1: receiving gifts is still fun. But if you are trying
Speaker 1: to think of something that your fifty year old brother
Speaker 1: needs for his birthday, you are going to have a
Speaker 1: hard time. So instead, try thinking about something that would
Speaker 1: intrigue or delight him, but that he probably wouldn't buy
Speaker 1: for himself. On some level, this means aiming a bit
Speaker 1: more on the ridiculous or perhaps whimsical side. Perhaps it's
Speaker 1: wood chips for his smoker, made from the barrels his
Speaker 1: favorite special occasion bourbon is aged in, or maybe he
Speaker 1: would enjoy a pair of Kashmir socks or a pair
Speaker 1: of novelty socks with his dog's face all over them.
Speaker 1: What is something that would make him smile, but that
Speaker 1: as a sensible person, he wouldn't buy for himself. For
Speaker 1: a parent, it might be something that, thanks to the kids,
Speaker 1: they just don't buy. I am thinking of something as
Speaker 1: offbeat as fancy gift wrapping supplies because the parent only
Speaker 1: buys stuff for the kid present wrapping. Or maybe it's
Speaker 1: their own more sophisticated beach towels so they don't have
Speaker 1: to share theirs. A few extra pairs of scissors could
Speaker 1: work because the kids keep walking off with theirs. Or
Speaker 1: maybe it's a big bouquet of flowers. The parent isn't
Speaker 1: buying that for themselves. You get the idea. If you've
Speaker 1: got friends who cook, you could give them the random
Speaker 1: ingredients you think they might want to try, but that
Speaker 1: they probably don't buy on the regular for fear they
Speaker 1: won't use them. Think things like duckfat or chili crisp
Speaker 1: or strange spices. People might not buy themselves really fancy
Speaker 1: lotion or pricey Christmas ornaments, or it could even be
Speaker 1: something like a giant pack of their favorite pins. We
Speaker 1: all have enough perfectly adequate pins around, so we might
Speaker 1: not go overboard for ourselves, but if you are giving
Speaker 1: a gift, you just might. So the next time you
Speaker 1: are thinking about a gift for a person who has
Speaker 1: everything they need, ask yourself what might make them smile
Speaker 1: If they wouldn't buy something for themselves, even if it's
Speaker 1: not a traditional gift, then that might be the way
Speaker 1: to go. In the meantime, this is Laura. Thanks for listening,
Speaker 1: and here's to making the most of our time. Hey, everybody,
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