Thanks. It's a bit of a curse because everyone asks for your services and then doesn't really value it consistent with the effort it takes. That combined with my inability to say "no" and I'm hosed.
So, in an effort to get out of it, I put a team together for our Winter Series with me photographing 2 of the 11 races. Ever since having 4 volunteer commitments at one time I now automatically say "no" to every volunteer request and am always prepared with a price. I actually increased my pricing in direct correlation to my automatic "no".
In turn, I've had more than one person think I'm terrible, but they're the ones I definitely don't want to extend myself for. Many of these races are for charity and they pay for other services so why not photography. If they don't get it then I'm spared the time commitment for literally nothing in return except for a lot of hassle.
And I already do tons of charity so **** off.
I'm OK now. Thanks for letting me get that off my chest.
Plus, it's nice being expensive.