# My Foundations

This folder captures how you define yourself — the chosen starting points everything else rests on. Unlike beliefs, foundations are not weighed against evidence. They are deliberately *chosen* among options that cannot be proven, and you decide to stand on them.

The ZAM agent treats your foundations as a shared lens: it interprets what you say and decides how to help *through* them, so you and the agent act as one. This is their everyday value. Foundations change rarely — usually only after a large investment of thought, or a disruptive, shaking event. They stay open to revisiting in reflective moments, but they are not relitigated in daily work.

In a shared instance — a team or community — foundations are the common ground everyone stands on, and the first thing a newly onboarded member learns. You approve changes by committing them; a foundation change is a deliberate, well-considered act.

## Structure

Each subfolder holds a foundation and decomposes it into at most 7 components (Miller's number), the same pattern as [beliefs](../beliefs/). Foundations sit *beneath* beliefs: a belief is your interpretation of the world; a foundation is the chosen ground that interpretation rests on.

## Example

- **Purpose** — Why you do this at all; the "why" beneath the work.
- **Core values** — The non-negotiables every decision is measured against.
- **Team charter** — (shared instances) The principles a team commits to operate by.

Create a subfolder for each foundation. Write a `README.md` that states it and decomposes it.