May I suggest to put a curb on your availability every now and then? I fully understand the urge to help out in times of need but I also know this creates a sit

May I suggest to put a curb on your availability every now and then? I fully understand the urge to help out in times of need but I also know this creates a situation where you're always on call - whether scheduled or not. It also gives those who get to depend on your availability a false sense of security in assuming you will be there to help out, negating any impetus to find alternative sources. In the end you will be assumed to be available (and might get shit for not being there to help) and the distinction between 'work time' and 'leisure time' will fade. To me one of the lures of the wilderness is the fact that I can go 'off-line' there. I paddled the Yukon from Whitehorse to the Bering Strait without being connected to the outside world, my only means of communication being the letters I sent to friends and family. The experience would have totally changed - and been markedly less - had I been in constant communication with the outside world, having a communication device go 'bleep' while running some rapids, sending that photo of that elk swimming in front of the canoe to whatever social network I might use for my share of likes and instant gratification.