Always being available is often mistaken, by yourself as much as anyone, for being a good person. But availability without discernment mostly rewards whoever asks most persistently, which is not the same as whoever needs it most. Goodness involves choosing where your help actually does something.

Look at where your time went last week and ask whether it went to what mattered or to what was loudest. Reallocate one piece of it deliberately. Being harder to reach can make you more useful, not less.