As a professional organizer, I routinely find myself giving clients permission to let go of items that they have been holding onto solely because they were given the item as a gift. These are things that the client does not need, use or want…things that are taking up valuable space in their home because of a misplaced sense of obligation to the gift giver.

So as the holiday shopping season shifts into high gear, I wanted to offer up some advice to all of you gift-givers out there:

Don’t burden people with a gift that could likely end up in the “donations” box or the “re-gift” shelf of the bedroom closet.  

“Well, how can I avoid that?” you ask. Avoid it by giving a “clutter-free” gift…that is, a gift that is not a THING and doesn’t occupy space in the gift recipient’s home.

The professional organizing blogosphere is overflowing with posts that celebrate clutter-free gift giving. Just check out this month’s Professional Organizer’s Blog Carnival if you don’t believe me! There are countless clutter-free gift guides out there, so I thought I’d throw my hat into the ring and offer up some clutter-free gift ideas that will hopefully provide some direction if you are stuck on what to give that certain someone this year.

Feel free to print this list out for future reference – DOWNLOAD PDF FILE HERE

Share your favorite ideas for clutter-free gift giving in the comments section!

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