Oh, yeah, absolutely do what brings you joy. I won’t argue with that. The one time that I programmed for fun in the past two years, I did it with python because it was easy to set up and get going. I’d just never want to use it for the bulk of what I do for serious work.

If you ever want to give C another try, this (online, fully free) book has a great introduction to it, with python comparisons: https://diveintosystems.org/book/