I saw an article about how younger people these days are expected to live 100 years or more due to improved technology. That got me thinking about my retirement planning and my overall expectations.

So I'm doing a few things differently. First, I'm exercising more because I want to be healthy when I'm older.

Second, I'm trying to invest more money now because I know that compound interest and the time value of money means the longer my money is invested the better it will do.

I figure a few thousand dollars invested now will be quite valuable when I am 95 and needing a little extra spending money for my weekend in Vegas : )