Hi, I'm Boke.
I'm a student based in Vancouver, interested in economics, business and especially the systems that shape how people make decisions.
I like taking problems that seem simple at first, figuring out what's really going on underneath them, and then finding ways to make those ideas useful.
Why I started The Foundations Project
I started The Foundations Project because of my own experience. Ever since I started high school in Canada, I've lived alone while my parents worked abroad. Along the way, I found out that independence was nothing like I had imagined it would be.
My friends thought living alone meant unlimited freedom. Doing whatever I wanted, whenever I wanted. In some ways, I had that freedom. But there was another side to it that was much harder to explain. Without the structure most people take for granted, even simple things could become difficult. I personally fell victim to the classic teenage sins. Things like sleeping in, skipping meals, and playing games all day began to take over my life, and nobody was there to call me out.
I became interested in that gap between what independence looks like from the outside and what it actually feels like to live it. The project started as a way to make sense of that experience, and turned into an attempt to explore those questions through writing.
What I'm working on now
The project has grown past the blog I started with. I'm working on making the articles more accessible and finding ways to bring the ideas into conversations with young people from different backgrounds.
A lot of that means building workshops around the project's central questions, and working with educators and youth-serving organizations to figure out what's actually useful to the people it's meant for.
I can't thank the organizations and teachers who have helped me develop and share this project enough.
What I'm interested in
- Economics
- Finance
- Business
- How systems shape decisions
- Gym
- MMA
- Hypixel SkyBlock
- Roblox