What are we spending our bonuses on? I’m conflicted cuz I wanna be financially responsible blah blah blah and pay off loans but I also want a 3 carat diamond ring

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$20.5k of pretax 401k (total stock)
$37k of after-tax 401k (with an in-service conversion to Roth to complete the mega back door ) (total stock)
$12k for me and my spouse’s Roth IRAs
$20k to taxable brokerage (total stock)
$2.5k on a gaming laptop!!!!!!!!

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A7, loving the investment protips, but let's get to the truly important stuff-- specs on your gaming PC? Prebuilt or DIY? And which games do you play?

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LAS VEGAS.

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