Cleaning the Place, and Clearing the Mind Taryn Manning, 35, is an actress, musician, D.J. and owner of a dog named Penguin. On Sundays, she tends to be a combination of all those interests, along with shopping and hanging out. On screen, Taryn Manning has played a string of troubled characters, from a prostitute in "Hustle and Flow" to Pennsatucky, a meth-user-turned-bible-thumper in the Netflix prison series "Orange Is the New Black." In her real life as a recent arrival to Greenwich Village - she also has a house in Los Angeles - Ms. Manning, 35, juggles more salubrious identities: actress, musician, D.J. and owner of a dog named Penguin, a mix of Cavalier King Charles spaniel and Maltese. Sundays tend to be a combination of those interests, along with shopping and hanging out. MELLOW TO RISE I wake up around 9 or 9:15. The first thing I do is take my dog out for a walk, just to do her business. I put on Pandora, the Calm Meditation radio. It's just a mellow way of rising and shining. TEA, MAYBE JUICE I don't drink coffee but I drink green tea. If I have some vegetables around, I'll make juice. And I love oatmeal. I think I love oatmeal too much. DUTIES I usually do a cleanup on Sunday. I'm a normal person - cleaning and laundry. New York is so dirty. I'm always finding dirt on my floor or my ceiling fan - dust bunnies. Then usually I'll catch up on my email. I'm working on an album with several different producers, my squad, so they'll drop stuff into our mutual Dropbox. So it's a lot of file sharing and downloading music for D.J. gigs. I love what I do with music. It has always been a part of my life since I was a little girl. HANG OUT Sunday is a day I spend with my dog and my friends. I like to go to brunch or go to vintage clothing stores where I can take my dog. For brunch I like Extra Virgin. Their food is really great. There's some good vintage stores in the East Village and the L.E.S. GETTING NOTICED It's always nice when someone tells you: "Love your show. Can I have a picture? But then there are some that linger, and those are the tough ones. It takes a lot of energy, and it can be draining to talk to someone you don't know all day. GOOD VIBRATIONS Sometimes I do Buddhist chanting. I'll go to the center and chant. That's always nice. When I'm chanting and I lock into the vibrations it clears my mind. I don't stress. I feel lighter and elated and free. And then after chanting a tozo, I feel empowered by the wisdom not to worry so much about the things we can't control. I deal with uncertainty better. EARS OPEN Usually around 7, I'll head home for the night. I'm not one of the New Yorkers who walks around with my ear buds in. I don't feel quite comfortable enough or confident enough. Crossing the street is still scary, because I feel the taxis will run me over. I always think I was run over in a past life, because it's like a phobia. So I don't really listen to music as I go from one location to another. But music is always a part of my day, because I somehow end up back at home writing. GOOD NEIGHBOR I have my own studio in L.A., but when I rented this place the landlord must have looked me up, because he called me randomly and said: "I can't have those turntables and all the instruments I see in the images I see of you online. You can't have that stuff here. I was like, "Oh, O.K." So I'm not able to make that type of noise in my building, which is a little bit stifling for me, definitely not the best news. But I have my guitar and my computer. I can program beats, but I can't really D.J. or practice, which I love. DOWNTOWN DINING Dinner is my favorite time. Sunday nights I usually crave salmon and mashed potatoes and gravy. I don't know why. It's comforting to me. Then every now and again I just want margherita pizza - simple, crispy. Spunto - that's the best thin, crispy pizza, and then they have this amazing salad that has apples, lettuce and Cheddar cheese. Or I like Thai food a lot, so I'll get green curry with tofu in it. LEARNING I watch a lot of documentaries. And I love to learn, so lately I just love to scour YouTube or the Internet for a lot of stuff about health. Like cures for cancer - I believe there is one. HOMEWORK AND BEDTIME I read my script, study my lines. Then my call time is 5:30, so I probably go to bed about 10.