they get worse every year and every year I eventually learn to lower my standards, adjust to the new normal, and be content with who I am and what I have, which lasts about half an hour before I have another massive breakout and the cycle begins anew?
I thought I looked pretty bad five years ago, but now I'd give my autographed copy of Dijkstra's A Discipline of Programming* to look like that again.
* supposing I had an autographed copy of Dijkstra's A Discipline of Programming