You might want to try something like Pivotal Tracker if you aren't already. Estimating each "task" and then prioritizing them seems to help me see how long it will actually be before I will get to a specific feature. Pivotal is pretty good at estimating your future tasks based on your past tasks.
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It's not about estimates, it's that my output isn't enough to be ahead of my customers' requests, so that they wouldn't have to ask for them, or I wouldn't have to provide a workaround until I develop the specific feature.
I used to have the same problem and have since become an expert in saying "No sorry we can't do that" or "we can but it costs this much".
Your clients will eventually thank you because you'll sustain the service longer if it's worthwhile for you.