Finding the perfect gift every time is no easy task. Have you sometimes struggled to give gifts that your loved ones have really appreciated? It’s time to up your game. It all comes down to thought and effort. And that’s good news because anyone can offer a little more time, thought and effort when it comes to choosing gifts.

Here are some ideas that’ll help you with that.

Choosing Gifts That Relate to Their Main Hobby

When choosing gifts, it usually pays off to give the gifts that relate to a hobby of the recipient in some way. Do they have a hobby that requires particular things? Perhaps tools or equipment, or specific accessories?

Simple. You should try to give them one of those things. Are they into knitting? By them some wool. Into analogue photography? Buy them a roll of film. Any gift that helps them enjoy a hobby more or get more out of it will be sure to go down well.

Photo, Caleb Woods.

Listening to Them Isn’t Just an Easy Way Out

When you listen to what someone wants and then you give it to them, it might feel like an easy way out. After all, you’re not using your own creativity to think of a gift. But just because you didn’t think of it yourself, that doesn’t mean it will be any less appreciated by the person who gets it.

You should try to listen carefully because they might be dropping you a hint.

Photo, Rirri.

Find a Personalised Gift

If you want to make sure your gift will be truly appreciated in a deeper and more meaningful way, you should definitely think about making it personalised in some way. There are lots of personalized Christmas gift ideas that go down really well during the holiday season.

But there are personalised gift options for any time of the year as well. So make the most of them.

Give Something That Solves a Problem

Giving them something that solves a particular problem they have is usually a good idea. If they’ve been having a particular problem and you want to solve that for them, buy a gift that does that. Of course, that’ll depend on what kind of problem they have. If it’s something small that you think is easily solved with the right item, go for it.

Photo, Andrea Donato.

Choosing Gifts That Are Practical and Long-Term

You should try to make sure that the gift you choose is one that’s practical and long-term if at all possible. When it has a long-term use case, they’ll appreciate it more because they know they’ll get to use it. Not just enjoy it for a day or two before forgetting about it.

Unfortunately, that’s the fate of most gifts.

Choosing gifts that people will truly appreciate is something that everyone should strive for. No matter how bad you’ve been at giving the right gifts in the past. Now is the time to leave all of that behind you.

Instead, you should make the most of the tips and ideas discussed above and use them to your advantage.