I stopped playing short after losing a Hurricane with X- and A-type components on a lvl 3 mission
around 700 mil ISK / 30 Euro in plexes back then... Thought i can grind it back with my Hulk - stopped playing after realizing, that i am watching movies, while drilling rocks in virtual space for 3-4 hours a day. I had Excel sheets open, i had mining buddy installed, i had browser opened with current Jita prices on Mex and Iso, a hauling alt on second screen, etc. - tl;dr: it was insanity
The only game I could play while taking a nap...
I really think one has to be paraplegic, lonely and rich, in order to play EVE "seriously". Don't get me wrong, I liked it, but it was just way too time consuming for my, not very busy, life!