Motivating myself

So I finally finished earning a degree!  What an amazing, tortuous, meaningful, tiring, time consuming adventure.  I know it's not a hard core CS degree, and honestly at my age I don't know if I'll earn a CS degree.  The RIO on the student loans is super low and I'm not confident that my manager would agree to tuition reimbursement  - as he's made previous comments that he wouldn't approve of any reimbursement (just like he did while I earned an Information Technology degree...).

So... now what? I'm certainly interested in learning, and being proficient in Python programming.  I'd describe myself as a beginner in Python. 

It's the first summer in almost 10 years that I'm not taking a college level course and I'm definitely enjoying the additional free time with my wife and my daughter (though less so with her as at 15 she's off doing her own thing most weekends now).
I'm having trouble getting any traction on learning Python recently, as I'm enjoying my free time for more personal pursuits.  I've told myself;  "come September I'm back to hitting the books and refocusing on learning Python".  I plan on keeping this promise to myself, but let me tell you I'm also questioning myself, my will to push through, and my own skills... do I really have what it takes to be at least a salvageable python 'programmer' test engineer?

Several months before graduation from SNHU I picked up 'Learn Python 3 the Hard Way' along with the companion 'Learn MORE Python 3 the Hard way'.  I was gung-ho that I was going to learn enough Python to be able to move into a 'Test Automation' position.  So about a week after graduation back in May I cracked open Learn Python the Hard Way and I quickly gained some confidence.  Given all the 'hello-world' shit I've done over the years the first several lessons were easy - hell up to Functions I was breezing along.  I'm about 23 lessons into the the Learn Python 3 curriculum, working on functions and putting that together with my bash scripting experience.

Then I hit a wall at work and it put aside learning Python for a bit, a couple of weeks now.  Motivation is an issue right now, but I'll be back after the Summer.