What's Your "Sanctuary"

JimInOz · Oct 8, 2026

As in a place where you can just go and forget the world for a while while you tinker, meditate, hammer the shit out of stuff or whatever.

Here is my primary sanctuary.

This thread was at the suggestion of Steve (@Duracuir1) from here.

https://omegaforums.net/posts/2633530/

JimInOz · Oct 8, 2026

I was just discussing my most recent results with my Oncologist.
The conversation got to "how do you deal with stress etc". I told him I go to my sanctuary and just let the world go by.

Here is my sanctuary.

Oh, and PSA levels are still below the need for immediate interventions so another round of tests in three months.

Duracuir1 · Oct 8, 2026

My leather shop. Surrounded by old equipment and old sporting goods. A bit of work occurs, but it’s a big boys hangout.

And closer to home, my original shop. Still equipped a bit, but mostly used for naps. A few pellet and BB guns in there too!

JimInOz · Oct 8, 2026

Duracuir1
but mostly used for naps

I just had an idea.
I'm sure I can fit a "Nap chair" in the watch room.
😁

Mediocre · Oct 8, 2026

Three "places" that I may go when I need to zone out

Snuggling my youngest, watching whatever she wants. I will probably fall asleep, but in that moment the worries of the world disappear

Basement office at home. It is the closet I come to a man cave

The gym. Headphones in ear, hat limiting peripheral vision. I probably look like that grumpy guy that wants to be left alone, but for 60-120 minutes it is about getting frustrations out on my own terms.

Felix_La_PuBelle · Oct 8, 2026

Mine is a cabin in the mountains. Inside I stake out cozy corners to read, catch up on conversations, phone calls, or play with the kids.

Outside my zen activities are various mountain maintenance tasks. Winters are great because it becomes my fortress of solitude on occasion when I head up to check on things while the rest of the family stay back in town, busy with modern life. There’s nothing more zen than clearing a deck with a snow blower.

Summer time I set up hammocks in the trees where the kids like to swing and we make a base camp for adventures in the woods.

If I have one space I can claim as my own it’s the garage but I don’t have great pics at the moment. I have some annual rituals there like splitting wood for winter, changing out the snow tires, etc. I’d love to someday build a workbench in the garage but space is limited at the moment.

Archer · Oct 8, 2026

Ron_W · Oct 8, 2026

JimInOz
As in a place where you can just go and forget the world for a while while you tinker, meditate, hammer the shit out of stuff or whatever.

Here is my primary sanctuary.

This thread was at the suggestion of Steve (@Duracuir1) from here.

https://omegaforums.net/posts/2633530/

JimInOz · Oct 8, 2026

I was just discussing my most recent results with my Oncologist.
The conversation got to "how do you deal with stress etc". I told him I go to my sanctuary and just let the world go by.

Here is my sanctuary.

Oh, and PSA levels are still below the need for immediate interventions so another round of tests in three months.

Nice and tidy !

Duracuir1
My leather shop.

Some nice baseball mitts there !

Felix_La_PuBelle
There’s nothing more zen than clearing a deck with a snow blower.

That is some serious snow, hope it never gets that high in my yard or i have to get a machine too.

Felix_La_PuBelle · Oct 8, 2026

Archer

My son is getting into tennis. I hope he sticks with it.

YYTIN · Oct 8, 2026

Wow nice sanctuaries 😀

It's a good question. Now that you ask, I feel like I miss one 😀

I guess my kids are some kind of sanctuary (It does not always feel like this of course) and they more than often bring me joy but regarding my home, it has become theirs 😀 No room to escape. So sanctuary as a place, nope.

I've built myself a nice garage but I'm not really a mechanic head, so I guess sanctuary involves a good book, or holidays or getting outside (usually cycling once a week and hiking/camping on summer holidays).

You guys makes me want to build/get one place for it 😀

Vercingetorix · Oct 8, 2026

Away from home so borrowing pics. Mine is speed yellow and 6 speed.

Felix_La_PuBelle · Oct 8, 2026

YYTIN
Wow nice sanctuaries 😀

It's a good question. Now that you ask, I feel like I miss one 😀

I guess my kids are some kind of sanctuary (It does not always feel like this of course) and they more than often bring me joy but regarding my home, it has become theirs 😀 No room to escape. So sanctuary as a place, nope.

I've built myself a nice garage but I'm not really a mechanic head, so I guess sanctuary involves a good book, or holidays or getting outside (usually cycling once a week and hiking/camping on summer holidays).

You guys makes me want to build/get one place for it 😀

On balance, for me the state of mind is more the goal than the physical space, but sometimes the space provides a focal point for the mental state to coalesce in. I think about spaces in my home where I play with my kids or the couch we're my wife and I have morning coffee on the weekend while it's still quiet, which all have the same effect. I'm sure once the kids are grown and out of the house I'll evovle my zen spaces.

But then it can also be fun to fantasize about the perfect space:

Walrus · Oct 8, 2026

I try to find sanctuary but get stuck inside a cloud

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ghce · Oct 8, 2026

I no longer have a physical space in my current home which is a source of great annoyance to me, last property was a horticultural block where I had a range and lots of workshops so I could paper punch, hunt or work on mechanical things to my hearts content. Need to move out to a large rural property where I can once again indulge my relaxation habits.
Unfortunately there seems few properties that my checklist gets fulfilled with.

arturo7 · Oct 8, 2026

Wherever I can do this.

Mediocre · Oct 8, 2026

Mediocre
Three "places" that I may go when I need to zone out

Snuggling my youngest, watching whatever she wants. I will probably fall asleep, but in that moment the worries of the world disappear

Basement office at home. It is the closet I come to a man cave

The gym. Headphones in ear, hat limiting peripheral vision. I probably look like that grumpy guy that wants to be left alone, but for 60-120 minutes it is about getting frustrations out on my own terms.

Snapped quick pics of the little office. Nothing extravagant, but it is a space for me to catch some quiet time and focus...or listen to music and read or watch tinker

Mad Dog · Oct 9, 2026

LATE ENTRY:

@Vercingetorix, mine is also speed yellow.

hen · Oct 9, 2026

I too have a workshop, in fact its a small bench in the tiny living room, but its cluttered with tools and projects (knifes and jewelry) that it give me no sanctuary, just grief. Keep your work space tidy.

Riding my bike on narrow twisty roads in the woods, requires that I leave all other toughts behind and just ride. On those roads, with that bike I dont need to go fast either,