Coding and Design Tips & Tutorials

This weekend, Millions of Americans will gather around televisions and computers to watch one of the biggest spectacles in sports: The Super Bowl. For more than 40 years, the top two teams in the NFL have met to duke it out on the field.

[caption id="attachment_11955" align="alignnone" width="620"] Toni Morrison, via Wikimedia Commons[/caption] Tavi Gevinson, Lena Dunham and Jean-Michel Basquiat have one thing in common: They were recognized for their talent at an impressively young age. Tavi was just 12 when her blog, Style Rookie (and, later, Rookie Magazine) went viral, Basquiat achieved worldwide success for his art at 23, and Lena Dunham rocketed to fame with Tiny Furniture when she was 24.

[caption id="attachment_11898" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] Fortunately for those who are creatively inclined, the creative process doesn't always depend on tools, instruments or art supplies. But they certainly help!

[caption id="attachment_11856" align="alignnone" width="620"] Image via Flickr[/caption] When the term "encore career" was first coined in 2009 by Encore. org CEO and founder Marc Freedman, the idea of a second career -- one that starts later in life and often has a more personally fulfilling mission -- was mostly financially-fueled.

[caption id="attachment_11838" align="alignnone" width="620"] Photo by Jeff Sheldon[/caption] You’re sore and bored, so you skip the gym. You reschedule an appointment that’s making you break out in hives.