Our initial steps are:

1- Download and install Thonny.

2- Create your main projects folder, and inside that folder create your project-specific folder, and inside that folder create your project_ENV folder.

3- Open thonny as per video instruction and create your virtual environment.

4- create an empty python script and run it.

5- Open your system shell to verify that [a] You are engaged with the virtual environment you just created. [b] You are in the right directory.

Troubleshoot: If you are not in the right directory according to your system shell, close thonny, then re-open it by double-clicking the empty python file you created previously. - Now check your system shell again and you will find that it is reflecting the correct directory path.

6- Upgrade Pip using your system shell.

At this point you are fully setup to begin working with python scripts!