My partner has tried learning Python multiple times. What hung her up the most each time was the installation and setup on a Mac. After finally finding a Python course that held her hand through the installation phase, the next hurdle was finding a project that was interesting to her.
If you are still interested in exploring projects, here's some:
* https://github.com/tuvtran/project-based-learning#python
* https://github.com/karan/Projects-Solutions
* https://github.com/norvig/pytudes
* What do you automate with Python at home? - https://www.reddit.com/r/learnpython/comments/k5k1h0/what_do...
* Books: https://www.manning.com/books/tiny-python-projects, https://nostarch.com/impracticalpythonprojects, https://nostarch.com/real-world-python