<prompt> Human: Ive been contributing 10 of my salary to a traditional 401k ever since I first started my position at my company. My company matches up to 3000 a year, so Ive always had the minimum requirement to receive the full matching.One of the things that I really want to do is create a 6 month emergency fund. In order to achieve this goal faster, I was wondering if it was smart for me to reduce the amount of money that I contribute to my 401k? I was thinking about reducing it to the minimum amount necessary to get the full matching. Is that the right way to go? Should I stop contributing it fully until I get my emergency fund set up? Or should I keep contributing 10 and just admit that getting to my emergency fund goal will take longer that I would like?  <response>: Instead of reducing your 401k contribution, try to go over your budget again, and cut out some unnecessary expenses for a while, until you can get your emergency fund somewhat built up. 