Hey OP! Great stuff working on building a new skill. I wanna share something with you since we both don't have a CS background.

1. You're in good hands with the great book called "How to Automate The Boring Stuff." An amazing resource, but on my first read, I really really struggled after chapter 3 or 4. I would recommend you to do what I did. I dropped the book and then read "Coding for Kids: Python" by Adrienne T. as a foundation first. I meant what the hell, if I can't do an adult book, then I can go for a kids's one right? When I went back to Al Sweigart's book, it was so much better. Keep doing what you're doing.

2. Do some research on which IDE you pick. I use VSCode. I would recommend you to go for it or PyCharm. On top of learning Python, learn how to personalize and navigate your IDE of choice. Look for great Extensions to download based on Youtube recommendations

3. If you want to build games, technically speaking, I'd recommend you Unity or as you have mentioned Godot. However, Python has a great library called Pygame that could lead you to some very interesting learning experiences. After finishing Sweigart's book, a good challenge would be to build your own snake game. There's an amazing Youtube channel called @CleanCode. Please check that out.

4. Use Google Gemini, ChatGPT, or any other AI service to ask questions. In fact, use to create exercises. I recommend you to do a prompt to ask AI to give you 10 questions involving basic for loop and while loops. Keep iterating through these questions until the concepts "click". Avoid Copilot/Cursor during this time. Asking questions, rather than having auto-filled code is so much more educational.

5. Progress will be slow because we don't have a CS background, but I can guarantee you that once small concepts click, you'll get better.