Hiatus – dinipandareads

It’s time. 2026 has been pretty rough for a lot of us, but I’ve now reached a point where I have very little energy left to spare. If you follow my blog, you might have seen me post about some recent life changes that have left me feeling a little unsettled and floundering over what to do next. These Loof & Timmy dino memes very accurately depict my current state of being. 😅

All that’s to say, with everything that’s going on right now, I’ll be going on a partial blogging hiatus in May. I don’t know if it’ll last beyond May, and I won’t be completely absent, but I likely won’t be posting or engaging as much this month. I’m so stressed out as it is and I don’t want to stress myself more thinking about having to post and constantly reminding myself that I need to create something. I still love my favourite weekly memes though, so I hope to miss out on as few of those as possible!

Speaking of memes… If you participate in the weekly Let’s Talk Booksih Friday discussion post, you may have noticed that Aria and I didn’t post any topics for May, and that’s because we’re also taking a break for the month. I think we have a bit to think about the future of this meme—don’t worry, it’s not disappearing—but there may be changes on the horizon! Plus, as mentioned, we have a lot going on and we don’t want that to affect how we host LTB.

On that note, I hope everyone’s doing okay and taking care of themselves. 💜

Blog signature that reads: Let's Chat! xoxo, Dini

Sorry to anyone reading this absolute moan of a post, I just need to let my feelings out!

This post isn’t really book related but it’s me announcing a spontaneous hiatus for at least this week and depending on how next week goes, maybe another week, too. Work is really affecting me and I have no capacity to think of anything else right now. I’m so fucking exhausted and feeling incredibly hopeless and I hate it. I know it’s just this phase of work I’m in right now, but I feel so unsupported by the people I need the most support from even after continuously voicing my concerns.

A meme of a shocked possum at the bottom of the image, with the following text above it:
Me: no problemo
Narrator: But it was all problemo — *That’s me. I am this possum.*

Not to sound dramatic but today was a day that had me trying to hold back tears as I discussed with colleagues this annual report that I barely understand what I’m doing with anymore—completely smashing what little I understood of it to begin with.

I barely held back the tears on the long and seemingly endless journey home this evening while simultaneously trying to avoid having a full-blown panic-fueled anxiety attack.

And it finally ended with me being unable to hold back my tears when I got home and made it into the shower, all throughout dinner, and as I continued to figure out what the hell I need to do to get this thing done by the deadline next week.

I am so so so incredibly exhausted. I just want to keep crying. And I hate that it’s making every moment miserable and affecting my reading because my brain just can’t compute.