To be sure, I'm really looking forward to the upcoming APS-C flagship, which I hope will be my next camera, and would certainly love to add more wonderful lenses to my arsenal. However, grounded as I currently am by work and other matters to attend to, what I frankly am missing the most at this time of the year is the time and leisure to actually grab my still-capable existing camera and doing some meaningful shooting. Gear matters, I'd be the first to acknowledge that, but it can also be a distraction.
What I sometimes resort to at such times is revisiting older work and trying to hone my b/w conversion skills: