Increased Retirement Savings

I increased my contribution rate by 1%. Not much, but heading in the right direction is always good. I previously contributed enough to collect the whole match. I had done this in early 2009 but then I found my home and got worried about making ends meet, so I notched it down again.

I have to say, at this point in my investment education, I feel like I've seen most everything at least once. But I still subscribe to a couple of magazines. This is a good example of why. I read an article about how two featured folks weren't contributing enough for their later years and it motivated me to make a change in the right direction.