We have all heard the adage that breakfast is the most important meal of the day. Although I make it a point to eat breakfast every day, what I put in my body doesn’t necessarily reflect the importance of the meal.

But more on that in just a moment.

During weekdays, I eat breakfast at work. My routine is always the same. I arrive at the office around 7:30 a.m. and then usually stop for breakfast at 9 a.m. I have always subscribed to the thinking that a hungry tiger hunts best so I try to begin the workday by jumping right into things. After I have checked some of the more pressing tasks of the day off my checklist, I reward myself with breakfast because at that time my stomach is usually growling.

Okay, as I alluded to above, I usually eat crap. Because I am eating in the office, it isn’t like I can pour myself a bowl of cereal or cook eggs.

I will now share with you the three food items that rotate as my breakfast during any given week.

1/2 Peanut Butter Sandwich – Back in the day, especially during my time at the University of Montana and Coastal Carolina University, this is all I had every single morning. The night before I will take a single piece of bread, cover it with peanut butter, fold it, and put it in a zip-lock bag. That becomes my breakfast for the next day. It is usually quite convenient because I already have the bread and peanut butter out for the full sandwich I make for lunch.

Although I am holding a full peanut butter sandwich in this photo, I frequently eat a 1/2 peanut butter sandwich for breakfast.

Pop-Tarts – I have diversified my once strict diet of just ½ peanut butter sandwiches for breakfast. My love for Pop-Tarts is well-documented and I now bring those in for breakfast just as much as I do peanut butter sandwiches. I enjoy doing this because the toaster is right in the middle of the common area of our University Relations offices so many of my colleagues get to smell the pleasant aroma of whatever Pop-tart flavor I have that day. In fact, it is common for one of my designers to say, “Hey Brent, what kind of Pop-Tart do you have this morning?”

I bring Pop-Tarts to work all the time and people usually get a kick out of the weird flavors I sometimes pack.

Donuts/Muffins/Sweets – On any given day—especially Friday—we will have a couple dozen donuts, Costco muffins, fruit, or some other sugary “breakfast” item out in the common area. Throw in all the birthdays we celebrate and there is a good chance each day that I might enjoy a free breakfast courtesy of my generous co-workers. Many times it is tough for me to resist these sweet treats as I slide my Pop-Tart into my desk drawer and indulge.

My University Relations team at Eastern Washington University celebrated my birthday with a muffin breakfast. Very often this counter is filled with breakfast treats on any given morning.

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It’s a good thing that I exercise daily, right? Don’t Blink.