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January 25, 2013 Subscribe · Forward 10 Stars Who Quit Their Day Jobs Stars... they're just like us -- and in more ways than one. A MetLife study found there are more than 9 million Americans between the ages of 44 and 70 are working on their encore careers -- a second act job that blends "personal meaning, continued income and social impact," according to Encore.org. There are a number of post 50s switching gears, moving from one career to the next to follow their true callings. Changing careers later in life is something many celebrities do as well. Before we knew Harrison Ford as Han Solo, Indiana Jones and the President of the United States, he swung a hammer as a carpenter on the set of George Lucas' earlier films. And you'll never guess what Ina Garten (better known as the Barefoot Contessa) did before she became the kitchen whiz and Food Network personality we know today.  Continue reading... High School Sweethearts Reunite After 62 Years In Adorable Video Marriage Advice From The Divorced Can Teach Midlifers About Saying 'I Do' A Second Time Nutritionist's 8 Rules For Losing Weight Taro Aso, Japanese Finance Minister, Says Country Should Let Old People 'Hurry Up And Die' Changing Careers Happens To Celebrities, Too! 10 Stars Who Switched Jobs Hearing Loss Speeds Up Dementia, Cognitive Decline In Elderly Child Actors Who Grew Up Escaping the Underbelly of Fame 6 Things I Would Tell My 20-Year-Old Self 6 Things I Would Tell My 20-Year-Old Self Taro Aso, Japanese Finance Minister, Says Country Should Let Old People 'Hurry Up And Die' James K. Flanagan: A Grandfather's Last Letter To His Grandkids MARLO THOMAS Turning a Creative Outlet into a Second Act I love a good story about someone who changes paths in midlife and completely reinvents him- or herself. Andrea Bocelli was working as a lawyer in Italy when he was discovered. Harrison Ford worked for years as a carpenter before getting his big break. And Julia Child was forty before she ever took a cooking lesson. Continue reading... MAX LITTLE How Math Could Improve Life for Nearly 6 Million With Parkinson's Current symptom tests are done in a clinic. They are expensive, time-consuming, and logistically difficult. Our technology could enable some radical breakthroughs, because voice-based tests can be administered remotely, and patients can do the tests themselves. Continue reading... ALAN SCHARF Four and Change Approaching 50 -- what I optimistically thought of as my middle age -- I was not interested in getting a fast car. I was just interested in getting fast. The kind of fast that I felt as a kid: running full-bore toward a brick wall, vaulting over and continuing home, legs flying, to avoid being late, again, for dinner. Continue reading... LAVERNE H. BARDY Who Says Bigger Is Better? After nearly two years of discussion, drawing architectural plans and dealing with town bureaucracy, construction -- or should I say destruction -- began on our home. Continue reading... JIM T. MILLER Smart Planning Can Save You Thousands in Social Security Benefits -- Here's How Deciding when to begin collecting your Social Security benefits could be one of the most important retirement-income decisions you'll make. The difference between a good decision and a poor one could cost you tens of thousands of dollars over your retirement, so do your homework. Continue reading... Received this from a friend? Sign up for alerts from The Huffington Post here Unsubscribe here.