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Good shoes or good weather tolerant outdoor clothes like a rain jacket. When I had very little money, these I struggled to afford and often put aside the longest because I could not quite justify them to myself. But walking around in wet clothes and shoes is such misery.

Same with other basic stuff like a really good useful backpack, a good frying pan, something genuinely helpful for their home.

I suppose what matters is the type of person this is for. I for example got myself a secondhand home gym setup at the start of covid and it is in use still, has been a huge quality if life increase for a neurospicy introvert. Many say a robot vacuum is a really big help. My adult kid would love a dish washer if he could afford one.

Bonus: a body pillow, the best thing ever just for pure comfort.