I have started learning the guitar, had it for 3 weeks now, I have a DVD which I am learning from before going for my first lesson in the next few weeks when my local guitar scholl re-opens.
Having been on a few guitar forums looking for guidance and advice I found that there were very few beginners on there and found it really daunting reading a lot of the posts as they were talking about stuff I didn't have a clue about.
I am really at the beginning at the moment, just learning a few chords, getting my finger strength up and waiting for my fingers to harden so it doesn't hurt so much after 10 minutes of practice!
I realise it isn't going to be a fast process, far from it, and having read through this post and a few others I now have a better understanding of what to do and when to do it.
Hopefully when I go for my first lesson it will be even more structured and I will have things to aim for rather than just learning in my own way which I fear could end up with a lot of wasted time or me trying to progress too fast.