{"id":8656,"date":"2018-04-20T15:08:34","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T15:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/?p=8656"},"modified":"2025-02-04T10:20:14","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T09:20:14","slug":"being-50-was-great","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/en\/50-sein-war-klasse\/","title":{"rendered":"Being 50 was great!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I'm celebrating another birthday in a few days. The wonderful 50th year of my life is coming to an end. It was actually one of the best years of my life. I thought being 50 was really great.<\/p>\n<h2>What happened at 50 - personally?<\/h2>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"left alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/files.crsend.com\/165000\/165764\/images\/newsletter_allgemein\/NL+April+2-18\/46+-+Kerstin+Hack+-+Ship+-+HD-46.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"Kerstin Hack - 50 and very lively \" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/>I celebrated my new year of life to the full: Parties, concerts, delicious meals out - it was wonderful. From about party number 30 onwards, I lost count. It was marvellous!<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>I spent the first full year of my life on my boat - I love living on the water and enjoy the birds, the sky, the vastness and the peace and quiet.<\/li>\n<li>I did a few short trips, but not enough for my taste.<\/li>\n<li>A very exciting nutrition course has motivated and accompanied me to remove a number of nutrient-empty \u201efoods\u201c from my life and to integrate even more foods that keep me alert and fit: It feels really good.<\/li>\n<li>I continued to build my ship, cleared the bushes and planted a \u201egarden\u201c.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>What was your career at 50?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Das-gute-Leben_800.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-8578 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Das-gute-Leben_800-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Kerstin Hack writes about what she has learnt in 50 years \" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Das-gute-Leben_800-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Das-gute-Leben_800-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Das-gute-Leben_800-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/Das-gute-Leben_800.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Again and again <strong>Coaching guests<\/strong> on board that I was allowed to accompany. Most of them for an hour or two, some for several weeks.<\/li>\n<li>I have <strong>my big, beautiful book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.down-to-earth.de\/buecher\/buch-das-gute-leben.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">\u201eThe good life\u201c<\/a><\/strong> with the insights of what I have learnt in 50 years. The book has been very well received. Men and women love it. But I later realised that it was a mistake to put another woman on the cover instead of myself.  And in the new edition, I'll be the cover woman myself.<\/li>\n<li>With <em>Bene!,<\/em>a publishing house that <em>Droemer Knaur Group\u00a0<\/em>I have a <strong>Contract for a new book<\/strong> signed. Large parts of it were written in January during a writing break in Saarland.<\/li>\n<li>For myself I have <strong>Coaching for business<\/strong> and cancelled it again because I didn't find the approach effective enough. Instead, I enrolled in three online business courses that helped me progress. I also took part in a training course on facial expressions and learnt a lot.<\/li>\n<li>In December, I took the bold step of <strong>Cancelling bookstore delivery of my books<\/strong> to reduce the burden of storage costs and two delivery locations. We've been doing everything from Berlin since April. We'll soon be moving 25 pallets of books back to Berlin - and I found out today that we won't be able to store them at the planned location. Ouch.<\/li>\n<li>I was <strong>on tour in March\/April<\/strong>: 13 events in 10, then 5 events in 4 days: readings, seminars, lectures, coaching sessions. Intensive and enriching.<\/li>\n<li>I have <strong>Accompanied dozens of people as a coach,<\/strong> to find their way in life - some for a shorter, others for a longer time.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>And now 50 is almost over - I'll soon be 51 - my professional goals<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/U1_978-3-96340-028-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-8658\" src=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/U1_978-3-96340-028-5-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Cast off - Kerstin Hack moves onto a houseboat at 50 \" width=\"298\" height=\"464\" srcset=\"https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/U1_978-3-96340-028-5-193x300.jpg 193w, https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/U1_978-3-96340-028-5-768x1195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/U1_978-3-96340-028-5-658x1024.jpg 658w, https:\/\/kerstinhack.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/U1_978-3-96340-028-5.jpg 1594w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a>My new book is called: \u201e<em>Cast off. How I built a houseboat in the centre of Berlin to live my dream<\/em>.\u201c I hope that it goes down just as well as <em>The good life<\/em>. You can already buy the book <a href=\"https:\/\/www.down-to-earth.de\/buecher\/buch-leinen-los.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">pre-order here<\/a> - even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.down-to-earth.de\/buecher\/buch-leinen-los-widmung.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">with personalised dedication.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>I'm also thinking about developing a programme to help people live their dream. Please let me know what you think - feel free to write a comment.<\/li>\n<li>I want to continue to invest in Down to Earth, to strive for even more streamlining and efficiency so that business is no longer a burden for me (sometimes it is), but rather a framework within which I am happy to invest my energy.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Personal wishes for 51<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>I would like to reduce my debts from shipbuilding. I currently have to pay back 20 euros a day - I'll be finished in 10 years. I won't even be able to manage that at the moment. And it would actually be good to save for old age, as I won't be getting a pension. If you'd like to relieve me of a day or more of debt, I'd be delighted - no matter how you do it. Possibilities are e.g. as a gift or by buying one or more copies of\u00a0<em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.down-to-earth.de\/buecher\/buch-das-gute-leben.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">The good life<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>for yourself or other people - that helps too.<\/li>\n<li>The solar panels have already been installed on the roof of my boat, but I haven't had the money (approx. 2500 euros) for the batteries yet. I would be grateful if I could do this soon, as having my own electricity saves costs - and as I buy electricity from a shipyard, it costs more than normal.<\/li>\n<li>I want to continue planting my \u201egarden\u201c, a piece of wasteland in front of my boat - with shrubs, perennials and vegetables. The fruit trees I planted last year are already in bloom.<\/li>\n<li>I'm also looking forward to some shorter trips with friends.<\/li>\n<li>I want to invest even more in my health and, above all, in fitness. Even more physical energy is one of my big goals for this new year of my life.<\/li>\n<li>Professionally and privately: I want to give many people what I have and what I can do. And I hope that I can help even more people than before to live their lives well and richly.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>50 was great - I'm also looking forward to 51.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In wenigen Tagen feiere ich wieder Geburtstag. Das wunderbare 50er Lebensjahr geht zu Ende. Es war f\u00fcr mich tats\u00e4chlich eines der sch\u00f6nsten Jahre meines Lebens. 50 zu sein&#8230;<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8660,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"50 sein war klasse!","_seopress_titles_desc":"Das wunderbare 50er Lebensjahr geht zu Ende. 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