The 'pay yourself first' strategy applies to you personal technology portfolio as much as it does your personal finances. I was reminded of this tonight by an Alan Hoffler blog entry.
Alan's entry said, among other things, "We spend far too much time on our jobs, and far too little on ourselves."
Check out the rest of the entry ... and Alan's blog in general... you'll find good stuff there.
And then find someway ~today~ to invest in yourself both personally and technically. If you don't do it now, when will you? And if it's not important to you, who else do you think will step and take of things for you?