You have an ESP8266 board like the Wemos D1 ... learn a few tricks for doing sleep Arduino environment, and even calculate how long your specific battery could last. You’ll need a TP4056 ...

It’s not as newbie-friendly as ESP-Arduino, for sure ... ESP32-C3 is still going to be a lot like designing for the ESP8266. I/O is limited. You’ll have to work with that.