Why do my applications open slowly?

Hello,
I have a MacBook Pro with OSX 10.7.5. The computer is a little over three years old, and I've noticed lately that applications are pretty slow to open. Are there are routine maintenance tasks I should be performing to keep my Mac running smoothly?

Hello gargoyle09
Check out the articles below, the issue could be related to how much space you have left on your hard drive or if you have to many apps opened at the same time and using up a lot of memory causing other apps to load up slowly.
OS X Lion: If your Mac runs slowly
http://support.apple.com/kb/PH3915
Using Activity Monitor to read System Memory and determine how much RAM is being used (OS X Mountain Lion and earlier)
http://support.apple.com/kb/ht1342
Regards,
-Norm G.

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