Slow start up and package loading times

Hi, thanks for your reply. This was not the first time I loaded the packages. And I have .julia installed in C:/Users/Michael, though I save my Julia scripts to C:/Users/Michael/Documents/Julia. And I have my entire Documents folder synced to my Google Drive…does that count as a “network drive”? And I don’t see any folder in julia called confit.

Here’s my computer info: ASUS ZenBook UX303UA 13.3-Inch FHD Touchscreen Laptop, Intel Core i5, 8 GB RAM, 256 GB SSD, Windows 10 (64 bit). I use Python 3.7 + Spyder regularly and I’ve never had issues with slow load times. It generally works really well.

Also, I downloaded Julia Pro. Does that make a difference? I see that it comes with a lot of extra stuff, so would that possibly increase the load times?