Manjaro Boot and Shutdown Time is Excessive (5 - 10 Mins)

Hello. After a recent update my system has been taking significantly long to propely boot. After selecting manjaro from GRUB (I dual boot with windows), it hangs on the black screen for a significant amount of time which can last up to 5 minutes. When I login, the splash screen also takes a chunk of time to process. Here is me system information:

sudo systemd-analyze blame  
[sudo] password for user: 
2min 14.359s systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
     51.837s udisks2.service
     50.572s systemd-journal-flush.service
     49.283s snapd.service
     22.801s pamac-cleancache.service
     16.300s dev-sda4.device
     16.272s dev-loop31.device
     16.025s dev-loop32.device
     15.754s dev-loop37.device
     15.655s dev-loop35.device
     15.631s dev-loop34.device
     15.549s dev-loop36.device
     15.282s dev-loop29.device
     15.159s dev-loop27.device
     15.158s dev-loop39.device
     15.144s dev-loop21.device
     15.105s dev-loop38.device
     15.088s dev-loop23.device
     14.566s dev-loop24.device
     14.480s dev-loop28.device
     13.762s dev-loop33.device
     13.119s systemd-fsck@dev-disk-by\x2duuid-163E\x2dECA1.service
     13.088s dev-loop1.device
     13.028s dev-loop12.device
     12.909s dev-loop22.device
     12.697s dev-loop17.device
     12.684s dev-loop30.device
     12.485s dev-loop16.device
     12.298s dev-loop20.device
     12.018s dev-loop18.device
     11.545s dev-loop15.device
     10.738s dev-loop8.device
     10.549s dev-loop3.device
     10.511s dev-loop6.device
     10.351s dev-loop0.device
     10.234s dev-loop25.device
     10.216s dev-loop9.device
      9.872s dev-loop26.device
      9.498s dev-loop5.device
      9.178s dev-loop4.device
      9.014s dev-loop19.device
      8.580s dev-loop10.device
      8.542s dev-loop13.device
      8.394s dev-loop11.device
      8.380s dev-loop7.device
      7.792s apparmor.service
      7.689s ModemManager.service
      7.619s systemd-modules-load.service
      7.484s systemd-random-seed.service
      7.444s dev-loop14.device
      6.328s cups.service
      6.220s polkit.service
      5.574s tlp.service
      4.612s dev-loop2.device
      4.333s user@1000.service
      4.101s var-lib-snapd-snap-audacity-971.mount
      4.100s var-lib-snapd-snap-audacity-992.mount
      3.997s var-lib-snapd-snap-bare-5.mount
      3.988s var-lib-snapd-snap-bomber-83.mount
      3.803s var-lib-snapd-snap-chromium\x2dffmpeg-26.mount
      3.792s avahi-daemon.service
      3.791s bluetooth.service
      3.785s systemd-logind.service
      3.748s dbus.service
      3.660s var-lib-snapd-snap-chromium\x2dffmpeg-28.mount
      3.467s var-lib-snapd-snap-core-13250.mount
      3.137s var-lib-snapd-snap-core-13308.mount
      3.123s NetworkManager.service
      2.987s var-lib-snapd-snap-core18-2344.mount
      2.884s var-lib-snapd-snap-core18-2409.mount
      2.810s var-lib-snapd-snap-core20-1494.mount
      2.792s var-lib-snapd-snap-core20-1518.mount
      2.757s var-lib-snapd-snap-docker-1767.mount
      2.743s var-lib-snapd-snap-docker-1779.mount
      2.619s systemd-tmpfiles-setup-dev.service
      2.564s var-lib-snapd-snap-drive-22.mount
      2.487s var-lib-snapd-snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d28\x2d1804-145.mount
      2.211s systemd-udevd.service
      2.202s accounts-daemon.service
      2.099s boot-efi.mount
      2.090s var-lib-snapd-snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d28\x2d1804-161.mount
      1.962s wpa_supplicant.service
      1.887s var-lib-snapd-snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d38\x2d2004-106.mount
      1.809s lvm2-monitor.service
      1.807s var-lib-snapd-snap-gnome\x2d3\x2d38\x2d2004-112.mount
      1.594s snapd.apparmor.service
      1.577s var-lib-snapd-snap-gtk2\x2dcommon\x2dthemes-13.mount
      1.430s var-lib-snapd-snap-gtk\x2dcommon\x2dthemes-1534.mount
      1.300s var-lib-snapd-snap-gtk\x2dcommon\x2dthemes-1535.mount
      1.168s systemd-backlight@backlight:intel_backlight.service
      1.069s systemd-rfkill.service
       937ms upower.service
       914ms var-lib-snapd-snap-julia-13.mount
       817ms var-lib-snapd-snap-jupyter-6.mount
       717ms var-lib-snapd-snap-kde\x2dframeworks\x2d5\x2dcore18-32.mount
       715ms var-lib-snapd-snap-kde\x2dframeworks\x2d5\x2dqt\x2d5\x2d15\x2d3\x2dcore20-8.mount
       683ms var-lib-snapd-snap-ktimer-65.mount
       681ms var-lib-snapd-snap-ktimer-66.mount
       678ms var-lib-snapd-snap-opencomic-6.mount
       601ms var-lib-snapd-snap-opencomic-7.mount
       598ms var-lib-snapd-snap-opera-181.mount
       573ms var-lib-snapd-snap-opera-182.mount
       546ms var-lib-snapd-snap-opera\x2dproxy-78.mount
       538ms var-lib-snapd-snap-opera\x2dproxy-83.mount
       506ms var-lib-snapd-snap-scrcpy-379.mount
       477ms systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service
       461ms var-lib-snapd-snap-scrcpy-386.mount
       458ms var-lib-snapd-snap-spotify-58.mount
       410ms var-lib-snapd-snap-spotify-60.mount
       367ms systemd-journald.service
       361ms var-lib-snapd-snap-pycharm\x2dcommunity-244.mount
       242ms linux-module-cleanup.service
       223ms dev-hugepages.mount
       221ms dev-mqueue.mount
       220ms sys-kernel-debug.mount
       219ms sys-kernel-tracing.mount
       205ms systemd-update-utmp.service
       190ms systemd-udev-trigger.service
       187ms modprobe@fuse.service
       181ms tmp.mount
       178ms kmod-static-nodes.service
       176ms systemd-sysctl.service
       175ms modprobe@configfs.service
       174ms modprobe@drm.service
       165ms systemd-timesyncd.service
       152ms var-lib-snapd-snap-pycharm\x2dcommunity-248.mount
       136ms systemd-binfmt.service
       114ms systemd-user-sessions.service
       103ms rtkit-daemon.service
        45ms proc-sys-fs-binfmt_misc.mount
        44ms systemd-remount-fs.service
        26ms user-runtime-dir@1000.service
        17ms sys-fs-fuse-connections.mount
        10ms alsa-restore.service
         2ms sys-kernel-config.mount
         1ms snapd.socket

And

systemd-analyze
Startup finished in 4.941s (firmware) + 6.498s (loader) + 3.717s (kernel) + 2min 14.047s (userspace) = 2min 29.205s 
graphical.target reached after 2min 8.447s in userspace.

And

systemd-analyze critical-chain
The time when unit became active or started is printed after the "@" character.
The time the unit took to start is printed after the "+" character.

graphical.target @2min 8.447s
└─multi-user.target @2min 8.447s
  └─snapd.service @1min 19.163s +49.283s
    └─basic.target @1min 19.156s
      └─sockets.target @1min 19.156s
        └─snapd.socket @1min 19.153s +1ms
          └─sysinit.target @1min 19.019s
            └─systemd-update-utmp.service @1min 18.814s +205ms
              └─systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service @1min 18.271s +477ms
                └─systemd-journal-flush.service @27.679s +50.572s
                  └─systemd-journald.service @27.282s +367ms
                    └─systemd-journald.socket @19.406s
                      └─-.mount @18.361s
                        └─-.slice @18.375s

And finally

inxi -Fza
System:
  Kernel: 5.18.6-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.18-x86_64
    root=UUID=799acea8-83e9-4271-880a-119665f23be5 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1
    dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Pavilion Laptop 15-cs3xxx
    v: Type1ProductConfigId serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 86E2 v: 95.32 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Insyde
    v: F.06 date: 04/08/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.5 Wh (98.1%) condition: 37.2/37.2 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 13.0 min: 11.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-1035G1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ice Lake
    built: 2019-21 process: Intel 10nm family: 6 model-id: 0x7E (126)
    stepping: 5 microcode: 0xB0
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 320 KiB desc: d-4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 2 MiB desc: 4x512 KiB
    L3: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 737 high: 878 min/max: 400/3600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 848 2: 664 3: 589 4: 799
    5: 779 6: 658 7: 681 8: 878 bogomips: 19048
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_store_bypass
    mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1
    mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2
    mitigation: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Iris Plus Graphics G1 vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen11 process: Intel 10nm built: 2019-21 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:8a56
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce MX130] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: nvidia v: 515.48.07 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 515.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-06) arch: Maxwell process: TSMC 28nm
    built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:174d class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Chicony HP Wide Vision HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 04f2:b627 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.2
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Najing CEC Panda 0x003c built: 2018
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
    diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (ICL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.2
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP Smart Sound Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_icl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:34c8 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.18.6-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ice Lake-LP PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:34f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 port: 7060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A
    class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 931.51 GiB used: 223.15 GiB (24.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04ABF100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B
    speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 7C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 292.97 GiB size: 287.31 GiB (98.07%)
    used: 223.13 GiB (77.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
    used: 25.3 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 268 Uptime: 26m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.42 GiB
  used: 3.9 GiB (25.3%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1 Packages: 2240
  pacman: 2186 lib: 523 flatpak: 29 snap: 25 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.19

Maybe this is the issue. Create a swap file. Also having an SSD will significantly improve boot time. If Laptop, check if motherboard supports M.2. NVME SSD

Summary

Swap - Manjaro

its the swap aids packages…
also provide logs, just to check:
journalctl -b-1 -p4 --no-pager

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