MBP 13 running slow after one month

I purchased a MBP about a month ago and over the past two weeks I have noticed that it has run much slower than normal. Long startup times, frequent SBBODs when opening/navigating between programs (Safari, Microsoft Office, Spotify, aka just about every program I have), frame rate drops and lags in apps, etc. It's honestly slower than the previous three-year old laptop I had before this and that has made a TERRIBLE impression on me to the point where I'm already considering selling this laptop.
Specs:
13 inch (non-retina)
2.5GHz dual-core Intel Core i5
4GB 1600MHz memory
500GB 5400-rpm hard drive
Intel HD Graphics 4000

Try these:
First - go to system preferences - startup disk and select your hard drive as the startup drive (if already selected - select it again) - and restart your Macbook.
Second - once you've done the first one - go to disk utility and verify your disk permissions - repair if errors are found and restart your Macbook once the repairs are done.
Last - if none of the above works for you, do a SMC RESET.
good luck

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