Re: saving.. time
Adopt a no-maintenance hairstyle. Long hair can be low maintenance. Just brush and put into braid or ponytail. Short hair for many people takes more time because how you sleep on it seems to have more effect on how it looks each morning. You might be stuck having to wash and perhaps style it each morning--that depends on your own hair, of course. If you have a very casual lifestyle and don't have to live up to others' standards, you can make a covering bandana a part of your routine all the time, or sometimes. If you color your hair, wean yourself off of that till you have more time.
Stop shaving if you are not offended by the idea and can "get by" with it.
Stop doing nails other than keeping trimmed and clean.
Every now and then give yourself a week of extremely simple eating with as little prep time as possible. A friend of mine who is busy way beyond what is healthy uses a rice cooker to cook as much as it will hold. She then eats only rice, yogurt, and one vegetable or fruit for each of the 14 meals/week for which she is at home. Lunch is skipped or consists of sunflower seeds and orange segments from her pocket while she is working or studying. She spends less time per week cooking that I spend on one meal, many times.
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