I started playing 2 months ago and enjoyed every second of it. After a very dense playtime for the first 45 days (16'000 minutes / 45 days = 5.9 hours a day average), I started to settle a little bit, realizing my social life and mental health was slowly drifting towards complete dedication...
I keep talking with complete strangers that told me even after years of playing they were still discovering news things, tricks or kinds of gameplay.
I guess for newbies you need the patience and dedication to really have a grasp at the game, but even after intense gaming for 70 days I know probably very little about it; and for experienced players you need ways to renew the pleasure, change the type of gameplay you practice, go from nullsec to hisec, challenge yourself with crazy ideas and so on.
I keep talking with complete strangers that told me even after years of playing they were still discovering news things, tricks or kinds of gameplay.
I guess for newbies you need the patience and dedication to really have a grasp at the game, but even after intense gaming for 70 days I know probably very little about it; and for experienced players you need ways to renew the pleasure, change the type of gameplay you practice, go from nullsec to hisec, challenge yourself with crazy ideas and so on.
Youtube channels of JonnyPew (https://www.youtube.com/user/JonnyPew) and Scott Manley (https://www.youtube.com/user/szyzyg) were very inspiring in that sense.
Ps: I have a 40 hours / week job.