How long until Bard realizes his best days are past him?

How long until Bard realizes all he has to look forawrd to the rest of his life is stuffing circulars into mailboxes and his once a week meeting with The Prince & The Cat Abandoner at the gym to talk about how great the old days were?

Really sad, he has really let his pride and insecurities ruin his life. feelscoldfans