> I'm still in my twenties, but I feel like this can't go on forever. Does anyone have any suggestions what I should do? > Like I don't wanna reject them, but

> I'm still in my twenties, but I feel like this can't go on forever. Does anyone have any suggestions what I should do? > Like I don't wanna reject them, but if I can somewhow ask them to pay that would be great. My suggestion is: you think it will be painful to say no, but: just don't do what they ask. I really really put a lot of thought into this during years, and usually the best thing you can do is to put a small condition beforehand that will make it a little bit easier for you to help and a little road bump for those asking. 90% of them will back out. This also helps people to understand that there's WORK involved and you do not just clap your hands and solve things. Let them do a piece of that work. As an example, you need your laptop fixed? Just ask them to make a full backup of their hard drive because if something goes wrong they might lose all their files. Or make an excuse, someone blamed you for losing their files once and now you don't want the responsibility and ask everyone to demonstrate they have a mirror copy of their drive. People need WiFi set up? Ask them to have ready all the ISP data they need like subscription # in case you need to call, WiFi password if given, and so on. Some of them will figure it out by themselves once they have all the data. If you let them, people will grind you down without even realizing it. Or they do, and don't care.