Ha yes that is my mum, she was a uni lecturer from the 70s to the 00s. She's finally tackling the piles of stuff so we are throwing out boxes of stuff like 30 year old typewritten lecture plans and language exams on audio tapes.
We did it with my in laws when they moved to a smaller place 6 years ago. It stayed tidy a month or two, it now looks just like their old place. Older nerds gonna nerd.
I used to have a job that involved going into houses in Cambridge.
That’s massively below average for untidiness and book count for a serious academic.