San Diego, California
Est. 2026 · Vol. I
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Given This Day

Live boldly · no lost days
From the Founder

A design studio for people who'd rather build it than dream about it.

Every day is a gift you didn't earn and can't get back. That belief is the whole reason this company exists — and the reason it ships a small number of things, carefully, instead of a large number of things, quickly. Three or four projects a year. Games worth gathering around, guides to trails actually walked, and tools for a life spent outdoors and at the table.

The sun setting into the Pacific, seen from the wet sand at low tide
The Departments
Games

Pass Da Hat

A game played at the ballpark but built for the screen. Pass the hat (virtually), cheer on your batter, and enjoy America's pastime with friends.

In development
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Venues

Riffingo

Hosted music game nights for bars, breweries, and private parties — scored and run from a single screen.

In development
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Guides

Guides

Trails hiked, briskets smoked, rolls proofed. Everything done first, then written down properly.

In development
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Show up bold, get your hands dirty, and come home grateful.

No lost days · No half measures
The Story

Twenty years in biotech, and a growing suspicion that the days were going somewhere.

Texas was always the plan until meeting a girl from California pulled him to San Diego. Biotech is an exciting career, and day job that pays the bills. There has always been a conviction that showing up for the hours in between is not optional. The moments spent with loved ones, a desire to create somthing new, and knowing this day.....its a gift. This is what came of it.

A single-track trail running through tall green grass toward a stand of coast live oaks under a heavy grey sky
The Dispatch

One letter, whenever there's something worth sending.

No schedule, no filler. What's being built, what broke, and what was learned on the trail or at the smoker.

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