Waht to do, what to do....

[Adventuregirl]

Hello all! Here's' my question....

I can only contribute so much money to investments each year (the rest I have to live off of). I will use the $14,000 401K contribution as my example $$ amount....Soooo, if 14K is what I can contribute, should I put it all in my 401K ($250. employer match per year) or should I spread it out with say Roth IRA and some index funds

The usual advise seems to be to max your 401K, then do Roth, then some other investing...but what if only have enough money to max your 401K....should the other things fall by the wayside? :

Thanks!
Adventuregirl