My point here(you must be wondering by now,huh?) is that the process of learning guitar to the point where you enjoy it is definately work.Effort.Fun stuff doesn't require effort!!And once you're an(relatively) accomplished guitarist,that's when it stops requiring effort.And starts being fun.

For quite a while now most of my learning has been by rote. I know this constant learning of shapes and actions and repetition ad nauseum would bore most people silly but for me it can be fun. But I wouldn't say that it gets fun when it's effortless. It's not rewarding for me to do something that's effortless except for the residue of pride from the fact that it has become effortless. I constantly set myself learning tasks like writing some chord progression (usually in weird scales these days). If I feel like what I'm doing is mega hard I love it! Otherwise I'm just spinning my wheels.

Now I wish I'd learned how to read music instead of just shredding. Damn. Now learning is an effort but it's nearly fun. Perhaps soon I will enjoy it?