[10][11] Lord cited Kinney, author of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series, as his inspiration to write his book from the first-person perspective.

[5] In May 2020, Monty Lord founded a charity called Young Active Minds, to alleviate social disparity in education by improving memory and learning processes.

[12] In November 2020, Lord was presented with the British Citizen Youth Award for services to charity, by Greater Manchester Deputy Lieutenant Saeed Atcha.

[14][7] In March 2021, he received a Points of Light award from UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson in appreciation of his outstanding community engagement and charity efforts.

[2] In August 2021, Lord was named by The Independent in their annual Happy List as in the top 50 inspirational people driving positive change in Britain.

[6] Lord completed his four-month study on the impacts of bedtime technology on the body's circadian rhythm and authored a 55,000-word thesis in the start of 2020.