end of the year type questions

my friend ameth asked these questions year before last, and I asked them last year, and this has become one of my minor New Year rituals. I hope y'all are cool with it.

So...

What did you learn this year? Was it worth it? Do you have any regrets?

what hopes, dreams, plans do you have for 2004?

I'll post mine on January 1st, these go in what I traditionally call my "looking forward" post.

[Oh yeah, if you do this in your own journal, link it back to here, willya? I want to see what people have to say.]