diff --git a/updates.txt b/updates.txt
index ac85b0ed..b2d1d15a 100644
--- a/updates.txt
+++ b/updates.txt
@@ -378,3 +378,7 @@ doas pacman -S composer
 11/22/2023
 Install profanity (terminal xmpp client similar to irssi):
 doas pacman -S profanity
+
+11/25/2023
+Install python-virtualenvwrapper (for easily creating python venvs on Arch)
+python-virtualenvwrapper
diff --git a/zshrc.txt b/zshrc.txt
index 48de6797..7360fe4f 100644
--- a/zshrc.txt
+++ b/zshrc.txt
@@ -9,6 +9,11 @@ set -o noclobber
 # create custom env variables:
 export cproj="/home/brian/Documents/Code/javascript/city_stats/research/"
 
+# set up python-virtualenvwrapper
+# https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Python/Virtual_environment
+export WORKON_HOME=~/.virtualenvs
+source /usr/bin/virtualenvwrapper_lazy.sh
+
 # custom BROWSER env for ddgr:
 export BROWSER=librewolf
 # export BROWSER=links