This is ridiculous. Let's look at last year compared to this year:

Number of students
Last year: 200
This year: over 1000

Novels read per month
Last year: about 4
This year: < 1

Amount of money spent on office supplies
Last year: 0
This year: approx. 5000 yen

Visits to Jusco (local mall) per week
Last year: 2-3
This year: 1

Pints of alcohol consumed per week:
Last year: 3-4
This year: 5-10

Number of blog entries in September:
Last year: 17
This year: 1

Amount of money earned
Last year: 300,000 yen per month
This year: 300,000 yen per month

So if you look at the data, you'll see that the number of students has an adverse affect on my reading, shopping, and blogging, but somehow I still managed to spend more on alcohol and office supplies while making the same amount of money.

I think I need to put this book down now...