Throwing in the towel on a project?

It took me 22 years to build my Dart, starting with a bare block & crank acquired in '97 (and a completely stripped rolling shell in '06). Moves, divorce, job changes, and just plain loss of interest at times (aka "life") intervened. Finally started shakedown cruises starting about eight months ago. Still debugging/improving but I love cruising it.
So don't worry about putting down the wrenches for just a few months! :D