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Originally Posted by !@#$%!
yes, i thought of this as i typed my answer but i kept from refuting myself to emphasize the point that in the case of the guitar, for you, while goals are useful, it's the process itself that is the reward.
i supposed i was trying to distinguish from being motivated by pure goals and being motivated by pleasure, which creates its own goals as it moves along.
it's a subtle distinction but a good one, considering how many of us have pursued stupid worthless "goals" that have no reward except for the getting it over with.
anyway, enjoy your guitarra-- magical realist that you are, i'm sure that butterflies come out of the strings as you play, and they go out to crash against windshields of those double-decker buses you people have.
me, i'm a glutton, i like cooking, both the process (creative chaos) and the goal (eating!).
but anyway i should stop mumbling and go do what i need to do today.
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But you only enjoy the process because of the goal. You've only come to enjoy cooking because you like food. But as with you not liking the process of learning the guitar, well just because you want the goal doesn't mean you will necessarily enjoy the process to reach that goal.
And with guitar to play you need to practise, but if you've reached at least some level of skill then to practise is playing anyway.
So I don't think there is any pure enjoyment in processes.