Maybe this only goes for me...but i often interview people that are skilled at guitar and ask them all sorts of questions.

One of them is "if you could go back 10 years or so and change one thing with the guitar and your skill what would you do?"

And they all say they wish they would have known how to read music.

So like someone else said...if you have interest..then go for it...but know it does take a lot of work...i am currently in the beginning stage as well...and i practice reading about an hour a day.