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Do you feel like Sleep With Me Is? (Patreon)

Published:
2023-09-27 19:32:56
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2023-09

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This question and way of thinking about the show is based on my ten years working on it and a lot of the feedback we have gotten over the past year as I have been looking at what the long term plans for the show are. If the poll verbiage does not fit how you feel, please let me know your feelings in the comments!!!

Comments

Anonymous

It’s somewhere between options 2 and 3. I have no idea what I would do without you but I’m not really interested in the community around it. I do think it’s great however that you take the time to engage with your listeners and I know the sense of community will be important to many. I guess it might equate to the sense of not being alone in deep dark night like you mention in the podcast.

Anonymous

I listen every night and depend on it to help me sleep.

Anonymous

I think there's a more emotional attachment involved than the first two options allow but I'm not involved in the community. I also don't totally feel like I rely on it, I *could* also sleep without it. I just have a cosy fondness for the show and look forward to it every night like a special bedtime treat, or like a kid cuddling up to sleep with a favourite stuffed toy. I call it my emotional support podcast.

Anonymous

Just to chime in, I agree with much that has been said here (I'm between 2 and 3 but chose 3). I have a demanding job so I don't have time to really participate and wish that I did. SWM has been a life changer in dealing with chronic insomnia so I don't know what I'd do without scoots. I listen all night every night so I hope that this lasts into perpetuity!

Anonymous

I've viewed it as a service since I started paying nearly 8 years ago, but I imagine many free listeners think of it as just a podcast - one that used to be unique, but is now a forerunner in a sea of sleep story podcasts and YouTube channels. It sounds like you're feeling out how to frame the show to listeners. I think it's worth trying the "sleep podcast as a service" framing, and seeing how that goes. Maybe it will shift the perspective of a few people and help them see the value in a paid subscription. And you can also say that many listeners feel like they're part of a community, so long as you make participation sound like an option, not an obligation. In a social media world, I'm drowning in content, and sometimes there are creators I'd like to support, but what they offer in return is even more content + Discord + other stuff, and it's just overwhelming! With SWM, I feel comfort in knowing there's community spirit, but in practice what I'm subscribing for is consistent sleep audio with no ads or thank-yous.

Anonymous

Every night for years it’s the same line up of “Sleep to Strange” and “Ray all night vol.1”. I both love and hate that I can never get past around the 13 minute mark. I can say it word for word until that point. Then I know Scoots and Ray are there guarding my dreams. Zzzzzzz

Anonymous

I chose the middle option because I listen nightly, but I don’t engage with the community. Sleep with me is definitely an essential part of my life and I love knowing I can support Scooter and the podcast, but as a disaffected introvert-ish Gen Xer, the community isn't my main thing haha

Anonymous

I put myself someplace between second and third choices. SWM feels like more than "a service I rely on to get a good night's sleep". It's an essential part of my life, and maybe I can say I feel like I'm part of the show's life through the connection to you. The show isn't a faceless "service" or app, it is you and what you've created. It seems like it could be a wonderful community to connect to, but too much else to do at the moment.

Anonymous

I'm somewhere between two and three. I consider that SWM has changed my life. I dealt with years of insomnia that sometimes felt like it was pushing me to the edge of my sanity. SWM has played a huge role in making it manageable. Just knowing I have Scooter there to ease me back to sleep if I need it has made sleep less fraught, and it makes those 3am wake ups way easier to handle. It's the reason I'm so happy to support the show - I feel like it's some of the best money I spend all year. I don't actively engage with the community, but I can still feel it's there: knowing there are lots of other listeners drifting off to sleep the same way as I am makes the deep dark night less lonely.

Anonymous

I won't say I feel it's essential for me to fall asleep every night, but lining up a few of your podcasts helps me un-focus and relax. I rarely make it to the main part of the podcast when I put it on,

Anonymous

Hm. I really don’t like the word “service” as it feels utilitarian or transactional. Like, I might tend to go to certain music for comfort if I’m sad but I wouldn’t see my favourite album as a service. There’s far too much joy and creativity in the show for it to be just a distraction for me I guess.

Anonymous

I’m not necessarily socially involved with the community, but I’ve been listening to sleep with me almost nightly for 7 years now and it’s been a life changing experience for me. Essential to my sleep health!

Anonymous

I fall between 2 categories: service and essential. I feel like it's an essential part of my life but I'm not really involved with the community. I'd probably be more involved but that would require more dexterity with social media platforms than I currently possess. I've recently started watching the question corner videos and that is only because they've started mysteriously popping up on my phone. I wouldn't know how to access them otherwise. I don't know that I need wide-based community support, but I really do find value in checking in with Scoots regularly via the question videos.

Anonymous

I certainly mean no disrespect by giving the least-devoted answer. I am and will remain a fan, but it is not a part of my "lifestyle" outside the ten minutes I listen most nights. Please know I am very thankful for the podcast.

Sleep With Me Podcast
>>118810444

Thanks for supporting it and for giving a honest answer, that is really helpful in me getting a gage for where people are at!

Anonymous

I have been listening since 2013 and have been a financial contributor for many years. I feel connected to the community in that way. Also, the fact that this podcast has carried me through significant life events like my fathers death and my divorce. It’s been a constant to help me sleep or keep me company during even the most difficult t times

Anonymous

I don’t remember when I started listening, but it has been many years now. I fall in between service and essential. My wife and I listen every night to fall asleep, and sometimes more often when one of us wakes in the middle of the night. That being said, I don’t do much to interact with the community as I avoid most social media to protect my mental health. We are SO grateful for you and all the hard work you and your team put into making this show possible. It has been a complete game changer for us!

Anonymous

Hey Scoots, sorry I'm late to the game here! I missed the poll entirely. I can echo what Naomi, Kelly, Denise, Kat, Hannah and Joe and others said -- I fall somewhere between #2 and #3. I definitely feel like a member of the UDD (was that University of the Deep Dark? or did I dream that?) but I don't participate in the Discord or the Facebook group any longer. I think because the community is so huge, I find I just get lost in there. But that's a "me" problem that I need to sort out. Maybe if I can get more settled into a routine with transcribing, and have a clearer idea of what I'm working on and why, I can come back.

Anonymous

Like a lot of others I’m between two and three. I really rely on the podcast tremendously and I thank you from the bottom of my heart for making it available to us insomniacs! In fact, one night I had trouble with my iPad and thought I couldn’t listen and I was so bereft that I actually cried! That’s how important you are to me! Please don't ever stop making the podcast. I don’t know what I’d do without it. ♥️