Amateur. Come back when your problem gets really bad.
Seriously, my purchase activity has slowed down a lot this year. All the way down to zero, actually. Yup, it's the longest span of time in the last 5 years without a camera purchase. I think there are a couple of reasons:
My purchasing over the last 5 years has been driven by solving problems-I need better low light performance, I need better AF, I need faster FPS, I need better video, etc... Now, for my needs at least, most of my photography problems are solved. Sure, going from a Nikon V1 to V3 will give me an incremental improvement, as will going from a Panasonic GH2 to GH4, but the improvements are nice, not necessary.
I noticed, over the last couple of years, that the "thrill of the new camera" decreased with each purchase. I think that's related to the first point; the improvements from one generation to the next is farther and farther in the margins of what I need. Each generation is less "wow, that's something that will impact a lot of my photography" and more "oh, that's a nice improvement that I'll need once in a while."
I realized how much of a time suck it is to keep up with the latest and greatest, poring over reviews, etc...
I realized that all that time spent didn't actually produce anything of real value. The knowledge did not make me a better photographer.
I joined a group of fellow photographers to regularly critique each others' work. One of the only rules of the group is "no camera talk." While we break that rule once in a while, we talk only in terms of the gear as tools, as means, not ends.
So at the end of the day, I've saved a boatload of money and time, some of which has been redirected to other activities-photo/video projects, New Camera News, etc...
I'm happier for sure.