GLOBAL HEALTH & DEVELOPMENT

editor's note

I always thought vision boards were ... well, a bit silly. But then I had the chance to make one this year for the Jewish New Year. And you know what? It was a good opportunity to think about what I'd like to accomplish in the year ahead.

Even if I don't meet all my goals, the act of putting them down on paper helped me figure out where to devote my energies.

The next day I edited a story about the United Nations' 17 Sustainable Development Goals. These are lofty aims for humankind that global leaders set in 2015. Among them: wipe out poverty, end gender bias, provide drinking clean water and sanitation for all. So it's kind of a vision board for Planet Earth!

The original hope was to meet these goals by 2030. To say the world is not close is a HUGE understatement.

But as the experts we interviewed point out, setting a goal and working toward it can bring progress, even if you don't quite cross the finish line.

I hope that holds true for my vision board, too!

Read the story here.

Marc Silver,
Editor, global health