Nice, this totally made me feel selfish since I have music production goals rather than family goals. I've spent enough over the years on random VSTs and production goodies. Now I'm setting a goal for myself to only spend money I am getting from making music on new equipment, which has kind of lead me here.
Best of luck on your goals. You are a great writer (if I remember correctly, your Inverted Audio article on Sebastian Mullaert was what turned me onto him post Minilogue) and I'm always glad to see when you post something new. You make me want to up my writing game. Keep it up.