I was an activity director in an assisted living community for nearly 10 years until I started going into various centers around the state as an independent contractor offereing my art, music and dance thearpeutic activities. One of my responsibilities was to design and edit an inhouse newsletter for the relatives, families, friends and residents within our community.  I would find myself being a columnist, cartoonist and photographer a lot of the time too.  Here's a list of 20 things I compiled about being a healthy chip rather than a couch potato.