Goodbye Old, Hello Bold

Hand-Drawn Reminders for Getting Older

Embrace the ageless power of possibilities with Goodbye Old, Hello Bold, an empowering guide by J.J. Hubal to finding excitement after living a lifetime.

Aging is a very big deal. combines humor and hope into hundreds of ideas of what to try as you age. From traveling, financial decisions, and the little things that make you happy, you will discover so many ways to create new memories to cherish for years to come.

Redrawing your life from a new angle. uses fun illustrations that will turn the past into a powerful tool for making your future. Paired with empowering words of wisdom, these hand-drawn reminders will help you rediscover what it means to be bold and take chances no matter the timeline.

Inside, you'll find unique instructions on how to connect new aging with positivity, such as:

• Reflecting on the cliches we grew up with and proved wrong
• Learning it's okay to move on from relationships and dynamics that don't make us happy
• Why our mistakes don't have to be our burdens

So if you liked books on aging such as The Well-Lived Life, Keep Sharp, or A Better Brain for Better Aging, you'll love Goodbye Old, Hello Bold.

“J. J. Hubal’s delightful blend of words and images, Goodbye Old, Hello Bold: A Joyful Leap into a World of New Possibilities as We Age, will lift you up, let you soar, and guide you the rest of the way with humor and grace.”

—Bob Mankoff, president and creator of CartoonStock, former cartoon editor for The New Yorker

“Oh, the places seniors can go! J. J. Hubal is exactly right—the rest of your life is the best of your life. Age really is just a number and the attitude you approach this exciting new era of your life is very important. Do your birthday cakes have so many candles you have to have a fire extinguisher at the ready? Just laugh and blow them all out! Take a cue from the very wise J. J. Hubal in her hilarious cartoons and be bold! Life as anold? You got this! Take inspiration from this sweet and playful book and carpe every single diem.”

—Becca Anderson, bestselling author of Badass Affirmations

“I write what I live,” is the motto of bestselling author and cartoonist J.J. Hubal. J.J.’s inspiring and entertaining published work spans five decades on topics ranging from relationships to rescue animals. J.J., together with her husband Jim, wrote Living with Your Higher Power, a recovery workbook series which has sold nearly one million copies, and A Week at the Beach, a guide to the life-changing power of being near the ocean. Her cartoons and humor essays have appeared in Cosmopolitan, the Chicago Tribune, the Houston Post, the HSUS magazine Animal Sheltering, King Syndicate’s Sunday Woman Plus, and the senior health magazine Thrive, among many others. J.J.’s cartoons were also used in two lines of greeting cards and are currently sold worldwide through Cartoon Stock.After a lifetime of living J.J. was hit by an avalanche of loss and disappointment that stopped her cold. Lonely and afraid she used her unique combination of words and drawings to help her figure out what, at age seventy-plus, could possibly be next for her. The result is the hand-drawn mix of humor and hope, Goodbye Old, Hello Bold: A Joyful Leap into a World of New Possibilities as We Age. J.J.’s goal is to share her empowering insights and realistic ideas to give others a clear doable way to get past the speed bumps of life in the aging lane—and have fun doing it!J.J. lives with Jim and their rescue cat Mango, all of whom are happily aging in place in Savannah, Georgia.

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