No matter how successful or smart we are, I believe that people never stop learning.
And after reading about Baker School students' participation in Florida School Breakfast Week, it's clear that I could use a refresher on nutrition.
Gators who ate breakfast at school at least once during the week may have earned the chance to take photographs in fun hats, but the school also served a side of knowledge.
Namely that students are more alert and work more efficiently when they eat before school starts.
It's like what North Okaloosa Medical Center's Healthy Woman program and the Main Street Crestview Association did with last week's Pink Street Party.
"The best way to slip in an important message is to mix it with a little fun …," Alicia Booker, Healthy Woman's community programs coordinator, said about the breast cancer awareness event.
And to email the News Bulletin about the important message, as Kelli Doss, Baker's cafeteria manager, had.
You know, eating breakfast wasn't difficult when I was younger. How could it be? Eggs, cereal, bacon, pastries — whatever — were ready to go. I just had to sit at the table.
But as I grew up and, in typical Boni tradition, found ways to make myself busy, breakfast went to the backburner of priorities.
I'd get caught up watching NBC's "Today," "Fox and Friends" and MSNBC's "Morning Joe." (I was such a cable news junkie just a few years ago and had to watch them all.)
And it's hard to keep up with all the news and views while preparing a nutritious meal, right?
OK, some days, I'll wake up early and go all out: make an omelet, prepare French toast and a glass of orange juice. And thank goodness for first Thursdays, when I attend the Crestview Area Chamber of Commerce's monthly breakfast. That's a guaranteed full meal.
But some days, I'll throw an egg in a microwave-safe container, add seasoning and cheese and nuke it.
Others — especially on a deadline — I'll pull a bag of cereal from the box, pack it with work things and wolf the contents by hand while checking morning email.
Then there are days when I'll convince myself that two One A Day multivitamins are enough.
Well, they're not! (Surprise, surprise.)
Sometimes, we need reminders about the importance of "the most important meal of the day."
Kudos to Baker and other Northwest Florida schools for setting an example and providing that reminder to the community.
In fact, today before leaving home, I popped two multivitamins, grabbed a handful of grapes, thoughtfully chewed on them, and followed it with a half-glass of milk.
OK, I'm not perfect! But it's a start.
What's your view? Write a letter to the editor or tweet News Bulletin Editor Thomas Boni.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: EDITOR’S DESK: Remembering to eat breakfast (VIDEO)