Gift ideas
Last-Minute Gifts for Someone Who Already Has Everything
· 5 min read · By the Songs for the One team
The short answer
The best last-minute gifts for someone with everything offer shared time, meaningful words, or a keepsake rooted in your history together. Plan a day around their interests, donate to a cause they care about, upgrade their favorite coffee, or create a custom song from shared memories.
Stop shopping for objects
People who have everything usually have the things. What they rarely receive is proof that someone sees them clearly. Shift your question from "what do they need?" to "what do I know about them that nobody else would think of?"
Ideas that don't add clutter
A day of your time spent on something they love, planned entirely by you.
A donation in their name to a cause they care about, with a note about why.
A consumable upgrade of something they enjoy every day, like the good version of their favorite coffee.
A custom song made from your shared stories. It takes up no shelf space, and it can be replayed on future birthdays or anniversaries.
Making a song for someone hard to shop for
The details that make these people hard to shop for often make a great song: the particular way they host, the advice they always give, the trip they still talk about. Share those with Muse, and choose a sound they would actually listen to.
Before you buy, listen to the free preview and check that it sounds like them. If something is off, you can re-record after purchase. Every paid song includes five re-records.
Plan your song
Further reading
- Great questions to ask the people you loveStoryCorps
- The science of gratitudeGreater Good Science Center, UC Berkeley