"I don't like this project right now. I'm not inspired. I'll come back to it." You don't come back to it. Days pass - you keep wanting to come back, and get annoyed that you just don't sit down and do it. Weeks pass - you feel stupid for letting the dust settle on it. Months pass - you give up; you think it would be better to just leave it alone and let it die in solitude from starvation.
It doesn't work like that. It doesn't die. It's not going away. And, most likely, neither is your guilt. If you want to take care of that, take care of your writing. The only thing that waiting does is make it worse. It's harder to remember your ideas, harder to get back in the groove, harder to get over the negative feelings for taking this long in the first place.
But don't feel too bad about it. Getting back in the groove only takes one solid writing session. The memories come back, the thoughts and feelings cascade to fill your min, and after all of that, you will feel like it was worth the wait to be doing the work you are now ready to do.
Don't be afraid or ashamed. Just be dedicated. Be a writer. Write something.
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