Yes, we've slept with a fan running for years for that exact reason. Can't sleep without the white noise (or, well, have a harder time sleeping, anyway). But I also can't sleep if the room is loaded with junk and the sheets are all twisted and messy (not to mention filthy). Mr. Mantooth teases me about my bed-making--if I haven't made it that day I insist on running in to do it while he/we get ready for bed--but even he admits it's much nicer to get into a bed whose sheets and blankets/covers are smooth and organized and lay neatly on top of each other rather than a chaotic bed where moving your leg means suddenly you're touching just cover with no sheet/blanket, or the sheet or blanket corners end up flopping over your head, or they're all twisted around/under you. (He still won't let me tuck in the sheets at the bottom of his side of the bed, though, which in fairness it's because he's 6'3 so his feet basically reach the end of the bed and he doesn't like his foot feeling smushed. So I tuck in my side normally, and just tuck the very ends under the mattress on his side. Sigh.)