Any Ideas for speeding up Macbook Pro?

My Mac has been acting really slow lately. I have had to get it wiped once already because it was stuck on the grey screen at boot. I know now that I can fix this with safe mode, but I have also been having some big issues using the mac itself. I occasionally write snippets of code on it, but not like entire apps and stuff. I think that I would probably be willing to use termainal (obviously) to fix this.
Any Ideas?

Results are as follows:
Hardware Information:
          MacBook Pro (13-inch, Mid 2012)
          MacBook Pro - model: MacBookPro9,2
          1 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5 CPU: 2 cores
          4 GB RAM
Video Information:
          Intel HD Graphics 4000 - VRAM: 1024 MB
System Software:
          OS X 10.9.2 (13C64) - Uptime: 0 days 1:45:34
Disk Information:
          TOSHIBA MK5065GSXF disk0 : (500.11 GB)
                    EFI (disk0s1) <not mounted>: 209.7 MB
                    Macintosh HD (disk0s2) / [Startup]: 499.25 GB (411.78 GB free)
                    Recovery HD (disk0s3) <not mounted>: 650 MB
          HL-DT-ST DVDRW GS31N
USB Information:
          Apple Inc. FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in)
          Apple Inc. Apple Internal Keyboard / Trackpad
          Apple Computer, Inc. IR Receiver
          Apple Inc. BRCM20702 Hub
                    Apple Inc. Bluetooth USB Host Controller
FireWire Information:
Thunderbolt Information:
          Apple Inc. thunderbolt_bus
Kernel Extensions:
          com.avast.PacketForwarder          (1.4 - SDK 10.9)
          com.logmein.hamachi          (1.0)
          com.avast.AvastFileShield          (2.1.0 - SDK 10.9)
Launch Daemons:
          [System] com.adobe.fpsaud.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.avast.init.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.avast.uninstall.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.logmein.hamachi.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.microsoft.office.licensing.helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] org.macosforge.xquartz.privileged_startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
Launch Agents:
          [System] com.avast.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] com.logmein.hamachimb.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [System] org.macosforge.xquartz.startx.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Launch Agents:
          [not loaded] com.avast.home.userinit.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] com.google.keystone.agent.plist 3rd-Party support link
          [not loaded] com.zeobit.MacKeeper.Helper.plist 3rd-Party support link
User Login Items:
          iTunesHelper
          Google Chrome
Internet Plug-ins:
          SharePointBrowserPlugin: Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          FlashPlayer-10.6: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player: Version: 12.0.0.77 - SDK 10.6 3rd-Party support link
          QuickTime Plugin: Version: 7.7.3
          JavaAppletPlugin: Version: 14.9.0 - SDK 10.7 Outdated! Update
          Default Browser: Version: 537 - SDK 10.9
Safari Extensions:
          avast! Online Security: Version: 8
Audio Plug-ins:
          BluetoothAudioPlugIn: Version: 1.0 - SDK 10.9
          AirPlay: Version: 2.0 - SDK 10.9
          AppleAVBAudio: Version: 203.2 - SDK 10.9
          iSightAudio: Version: 7.7.3 - SDK 10.9
iTunes Plug-ins:
          Quartz Composer Visualizer: Version: 1.4 - SDK 10.9
3rd Party Preference Panes:
          avast! Preferences 3rd-Party support link
          Flash Player 3rd-Party support link
Old Applications:
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Office
                    Open XML for Excel:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Office Setup Assistant:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Alerts Daemon:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    SyncServicesAgent:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Daemon:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Graph:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Database Utility:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Office Reminders:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Upload Center:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    My Day:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Chart Converter:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Clip Gallery:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          Microsoft AutoUpdate:          Version: 2.3.3 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MAU2.0/Microsoft AutoUpdate.app
          /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011
                    Microsoft PowerPoint:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Excel:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Word:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Outlook:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Document Connection:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
          /Library/Application Support/Microsoft/MERP2.0
                    Microsoft Error Reporting:          Version: 2.2.8 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
                    Microsoft Ship Asserts:          Version: 1.1.3 - SDK 10.4 3rd-Party support link
          Microsoft Language Register:          Version: 14.2.0 - SDK 10.5 3rd-Party support link
                    /Applications/Microsoft Office 2011/Additional Tools/Microsoft Language Register/Microsoft Language Register.app
Time Machine:
          Time Machine not configured!
Top Processes by CPU:
              23%          Kerbal Space Program
               4%          WindowServer
               2%          coreaudiod
               2%          sh
               1%          lssave
Top Processes by Memory:
          369 MB          Kerbal Space Program
          45 MB          Google Chrome
          41 MB          EtreCheck
          37 MB          syncdefaultsd
          29 MB          WindowServer
Virtual Memory Information:
          101 MB          Free RAM
          848 MB          Active RAM
          815 MB          Inactive RAM
          786 MB          Wired RAM
          3.23 GB          Page-ins
          34 MB          Page-outs
Although, to sneak in the snide comment, I think my laptop got even slower when I put on EtreCheck. Hope this helps!

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