Recently we received a question about one of the core principles listed on our crowdfunding campaign:  floating is for everyone. Nationally, floating averages $50-$100 per hour,  and we’re going to stay on the low end of that even as we’re in one of the most expensive cost-of-living markets in the  country, but as our reader rightly points out,  $50 is too much when you’re struggling to survive. How can we say our service is for “everyone” when not everyone can  scrape together fifty bucks?  My answer touched on some of the reasons I (Sara) do what I do,  and how I arrived at this point. I thought some of you might be interested in where I’m coming from.


The following exchange is lightly edited for clarity and to remove personal information.

I’m curious whether there will ever be any availability for people who are truly low-income to try floating?  It sounds like something I could really like, and that could really help me, but even paying $50 for something that’s,  frankly,  not essential to my daily survival seems a little ridiculous. I don’t even regularly fill one of my prescription meds  because, while it would make things better,  I can live without it so I don’t often fill it. [life circumstances redacted.] Yeah,  I’ve got stress. But oftentimes the people who are most stressed are also the ones who can’t afford any of the stuff  that may reduce that stress.