I came back to the adult 'net in July of 2005. In was a "good and profitable" time for me in ways other than money.
This incarnation on the adult 'net brought me something I value more than money: friends.
Not "people that I know and use the word 'friend' to describe them because I can't think of another word" friends, the real kind. The kind that are there for me when life positively sucks, with a shoulder to lean on and an ear to cry into. The year also brought me friends who said "oh, I can help you do that, no worries." It brought me friends that I trusted enough to try something different and break out of old habits.
2005 may not stand as a "big money year," but there is so much potential in place for 2006 because of what I gained this year.