The Curse (and blessing) of new technology.

As a photographer, it goes without saying that I am a technology geek.  Not every photographer is like me, but it seems pretty common in the industry.  I love new gadgets.  The newer the better, and the more uncommon, the cooler!  This is both the curse (and blessing) of doing what I do.  It's pretty easy to convince yourself that an expenditure of say $2000-$5000 is necessary because this is what you do for a living.  When in reality the gear I use is working great, the new gear that just came out has a feature that I convince myself I can't live without.  It WILL improve my photography, but with amazing new cameras coming out every year, it's something that simply is not economically sensible to purchase every brand new piece of gear.