100 Tasks Part 5

It's over! The 100 day journey that started early November to 100 tasks of productivity is finally over, as Valentine's Day celebrated the final day. It has been a crazy ride. That's certain. I've learned and re-learned a lot about my "izms" (as Eryka Badu used to call them) and I've come to peace with the fact that the list was not completed. You better believe that eventually I'll be trying this out again, and again, until I master it.

Fortunately I was able to complete 54, somewhat random, tasks in this challenge and while in earlier articles I discussed a lot of things this challenged uncovered, I won't be so head-heavy in this one. This time, I'm going to reveal 28 tasks I actually accomplished.

On the list:

Mail out an autographed headshot
Someone went to my website after watching the movie, Dark Town, where I play a teenage-turned-vampire-girl named Tisha. It was the first time anyone asked for an autograph from me because of the movie.

Land an audition
I actually landed several, but one was the goal.

Complete another volume of poetry
I took this task as an opportunity to stretch and experiment with my poetry. I think this latest volume is my best volume yet. I've submitted this volume into two poetry competitions so far.

Finish Christmas shopping
This was easy. I made a list and checked it twice.

Land a commercial
I actually landed two. I haven't seen them yet though. As a matter of fact, I haven't even gotten paid for them yet.

Get a check in the mail
I didn't know how in the world this was going to happen, but I put it on the list anyway, inspired by the book The Secret. I actually got two checks in the mail.

Buy another sweater
Once upon a time, I used to have plenty of them, but a sweater monster comes in and eats them all. I ended up buying two cashmere sweaters (from a consignment store called The Red Poppy Boutique) and I love them to death.

Get a loan
This one was tricky. I didn't actually get a loan per se, but I did apply for another credit card and got approved for that, so I counted it.

Get a new computer
I cashed in a CD and purchased an iMac.

Get a camcorder
I'm probably the last person on earth who doesn't have one, but I bought one for my daughter for Christmas. She's the tech-girl.

Read three complete books
I read a book called Winkie. I thought it was the worst book ever written, but I got through it because I was the one who suggested it at my family's book club. I also read two e-books on wealth and finance. E-books totally count!

Receive an award
I had no idea where this was going to come from, until I received the award for my contribution to The G.R.E.E.N. Foundation, a non-profit organization, where I am a board member.

Teach my daughter to meditate
My daughter can be a bit high-strung at times so I felt it was my duty as her mother to equip her with a tool to relax and turn inward to calm her mind and find peace.

Clean my home office
After I took on a second job, right before Christmas, I bought a new desk which increased my work space and allowed me to better organize my office area. I still have a lot of fine tuning to do, but it looks significantly better than it did before.

Read book on documentaries
Yeah, one day I'm going to make a few but in the meantime I'm doing my homework about what it takes to make a good one. I've been reading this one book for years, and though I'm not finished yet, I restarted it again, and I'm now further than I've ever been before.

Buy a new skirt
Went back to The Red Poppy Boutique and picked up a white embroidered skirt. I love it, though I'm afraid to wear it to work, or anywhere else because I don't want to get it dirty.

Have $1000 more in saving
After I received my settlement from a lawsuit I was involved in, this was no problem.

Visit a new restaurant
After filming a debate question for CNN with OC for Darfur, I went out to eat at Rutabegorz in Fullerton with the group. Actually, I may have been at this restaurant once, many years ago, but since I don't remember, I'm counting it.

Pass out 10 business cards
That was no problem. I've done at least 20 since this challenge.

Bake cookies
Sounds like such a small random thing. I know. But I made this list before the holidays and my daughter was begging me to make my famous Pumpkin Chocolate Chip Cookies. I just wanted to make sure it was done.

Create a new recipe
As I have written about it before, my diet is so strange, that sometimes food can get a little boring being so restricted as to what I can eat. So I put this on the list - but instead of making a dish, I created a sauce. Sauces are to dishes what accessories are to clothing.

Write casting directors weekly
There are some great things I'm trying to do in my career and I just need a little attention by a few people who can really make some of it happen for me. This calls for a mountain of great persistence.

Send books to Caila
Caila is the 3-year-old daughter of my best friend. In essence, Caila is my niece. I have had some books to send her for a while now, but it always slips my mind. This time though, I made sure little Cailakins got the books from her auntie.

Pay off three debts completely
It took a little finagling but I managed to pay off a couple of medical bills and credit card.

Develop all disposable cameras
I was on my way to growing a disposable camera farm with all of the cameras I had around the house. Some of them were used years ago. One was seven years old!

Take pictures of all artwork
This wasn't much of a stretch since I'm pretty good about cataloging my art work.

Contact lawyer
Well, I was getting a little antsy about that lawsuit I mentioned earlier. I just needed an update about where we were in the case.

List Hodaoa-Anibo articles
I was hoping that I had enough articles written about the language that I could actually do something with them. Maybe compile them into some sort of book, but unfortunately I don't have enough written.

I won't overwhelm you with any more details, and though I can't call the challenge a complete success, I would encourage everyone to go through it at least once. There is no harm in a surge of productivity, is there? In the meantime, I'm taking a break!