u/AllTheMissing

Recently started working in a publication with weekly circulation and am finding my feet with how to structure my days. I have a set quota of articles per week but the work itself is a lot looser and less task driven than my previous role, which was commercially focused in a different sector.

How is your day structured? Morning time seems to be busy for me with meetings and following up with sources etc, so I am thinking maybe to use mornings as collab/research/organisation time, with focus/writing time in the afternoons.

I’ve been tasked to make a tray of sandwiches for an event at the weekend and it has literally been about 20 years since I last did this (IIRC it was for a family members 21st birthday!!) so want to make share I’m covering all bases:

Ham/butter
Ham/butter/cheese
Chicken/butter (pinch of salt)
Chicken mayo salad (tomato, red onion, cucumber)
Tuna mayo

I’m also toying with egg and onion but that might be a step too far back into 80s and 90s Ireland.

There are 2 others making a tray each too but they are strangers to me and I don’t have their numbers to co-ordinate.

Any advice appreciated on how many sliced pans will be necessary for one tray, whether I also need to do brown bread selection, and what type of ham and chicken to get (decent stuff but obvs not breaking the bank).