I didn’t read much in 2022, so I’m setting myself the goal to read 10 books in 2023. — A goal-less 2022 For the past few years, I’ve set a running goal for myself to get me through the year. I didn’t set one in 2022, and I wrote on my running blog how unfocused I felt because of it. Read my 2022 running recap Reading in 2023 I realized I needed to set a…

In preparation for a potential Twitter collapse, here are all the places you can find or connect with me online. I’m specifying what content I post on each. — This post is a copy of a thread I posted on Twitter. 1. LinkedIn I post all my content design and immigration related blog posts here. Connect with or follow me on LinkedIn 2. Facebook I post all my immigration and running related blog posts here.

In March 2022, I spoke at the Utterly Content conference about how I have used my content skills for good and how you can use your own skills for causes you care about. This post contains the video of that talk and the transcript. — Video The talk is 25:55. Transcript Hi. I’m Lauren Tormey and I’m a Senior Content Designer at the University of Edinburgh. I’m here today to talk about using content skills to make a better world.​​

My recent holiday ended on a low point thanks to the UK border being its awful self. I’ve learned that having indefinite leave to remain doesn’t make traveling into the UK feel any less horrible. — No boarding pass until ‘visa check’ I already knew there would be some border friction before I even left for my holiday for Gran Canaria. When trying to check in for my return flight online, I couldn’t get a boarding pass because I apparently needed to get a ‘visa check’ as a US national flying into…

A poem about my immigration experience was published in the anthology ‘Poetry and Settled Status for All’. Here’s the story of how this came about and my poem. — How I got published In June 2021, I saw a tweet from Civic Leicester calling for poetry and prose submissions related to the theme ‘Settled Status or Indefinite Leave to Remain for all’. I’m not someone who writes poetry in my spare time. I did enjoy writing poetry for school assignments and even…

This final monthly recap features delays for visa application decisions and still refusing asylum seekers the right to work. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page As part of the fundraiser, I will be writing a monthly blog post on:

This month’s recap features deaths from Channel crossings and planning to deprive Brits of citizenship without notification. — About my monthly recaps I’m spending 2021 doing a monthly running challenge to fundraise for the Join Council for the Welfare of Immigrants (JCWI). Read my blog post about why I’m fundraising for JCWI Donate to my JustGiving page As part of the fundraiser, I will be writing a monthly blog post on: