If using asyncio is too impenetrable, try using Trio instead. It's a sensibly-designed asynchronous library, to the point that you'll find it's easier to write non-trivial Python programs in Trio from the start, rather than bolting-on async support later.

Asyncio is just plain weird, IMO, exposing more low-level concerns than is customary for Python. Whereas Trio lets you get things done intuitively.