I keep doing it to myself

As long as you get money reward for your work (handsome money), you can also always do the projects. Have a nice day;

I'm the same way. Just when I thought I had perfected the art of saying "No" or "I'll get back to you", I got sucked into a project based on guilt. A few years ago I won a scholarship from an organization. I was new to the area and didn't really know anyone so I went to a few of their meetings and didn't really like it and didn't really fit in but then they asked me to run the used book sale and I felt so guilty that they had given me thousands of dollars in scholarship money that I found myself saying yes when I should have said no. It was a huge job in addition to working full time and going to college full time and after it was over I never went back to the organization again. In retrospect I thought it was rude of them to ask so much of me when they knew my work and school schedule. That's the reason I won the scholarship to begin with. But ultimately it was my own fault. I should have said I'm sorry I don't have time to run it but I will volunteer to work at the sale for a few hours one day. It was horrible but I totally learned my lesson and have not been sucked into anything like that since. That was in 1999 so I think I'm doing OK. :)