I have some advice to ask. Where I work (software industry), management habitually does year reviews late. One coworker had hers 6 months late last year. Mine is technically a week late, but it feels more like five weeks late since I started at the beginning of February last year, although my boss technically had the…

If you're poorish (rich enough to have some video games but poor enough that you don't want to spend on too many other treats), you can get the same enjoyment from buying ridiculous things in video games. I enjoyed buying ridiculous mounts and pets from the auction house in WoW when I was going through a lean year.