Daily Prompt – January 12, 2026

I’m going to be pedantic again so bear with me. I’ve gone it to this before. There are times to use would, could, and should. In this case could would be the better word choice. At least for me.

See, I can’t eat anything right now. I take a medication every morning that not only has to be taken on an empty stomach but means I can’t eat for an hour or more after I take it. It needs time to get into my bloodstream and lots foods interfere with its absorption. So while there are lots of things I could eat if I was able to, there is nothing I would eat in this moment.

However, I think the spirit of this prompt is for me to talk about a snack I can’t resist or that I’m always craving. Even that is a bit hard for me as I am not a person who has that one food that will always satisfy me. I think the closest is probably chips and salsa, but even then it’s very mood dependent. Like right now, and not just because I can’t have it or because I still have minty mouth from brushing my teeth, I don’t want it. It just doesn’t feel like it would be appetizing. I don’t know what I would want. That might be because I can’t have anything or because I’m just not hungry at the moment. It could also be that the more thought I give something like that the harder it is to choose.