The taking a second for your first steps, is there something on the ground nearby and do you have auto pickup on? I notice it takes a second when I first walk by something on the ground when I first load into the game, but it also happens if I change the auto pickup rules while playing.
I also saw a Reddit post the other day about them trying to figure out what is slowing down parts of the game. Sometimes everything is fine for me, other times things like passing time while sleeping takes forever.
The construction menu is always slow as hell for me when looking through it, so I’ve just been using the search function.