Windows Sleep Mode

I am trying not to shut down/ reboot my computer every time I walk away from it. My computer is 9 years old and only gives me problems coming out of sleep mode. I have no idea what NVME is. I was under the impression that using sleep mode did just that; it puts it in a state where there isn't communications from the outside world but isn't completely shut down either.
If I go down to the bottom of this page, there are "Similar Threads For: Windows Sleep Mode". In some cases, depending on whether it is a desktop versus a laptop, users have had problems with it even going into sleep mode versus coming out of it. To reiterate, my Dell keyboard has a button on the upper right in the shape of a crescent moon. That is what I am using to go into sleep mode. If I'm not mistaken, I got that tip here. When I want it to come out of sleep mode, I hit another key at the bottom left that I was told is called the Windows key. I was told that just hitting the space bar might throw me into something that I didn't intend to get into. I do NOT have a problem with the system itself waking up, but when I try to do just about anything, it takes, in my opinion, a very long time to start doing the task. In most cases, I want to get on the Internet. The address where I want to go is sitting in the address area of Chrome and nothing happens until I highlight the address and hit Enter. Even then, it can sit there doing nothing for quite a while. Let me also say that it isn't just the Internet. If I want to work on a spreadsheet, it will tell me that Excel isn't responding, but then, it will pop up and come to life. That says it isn't Internet or browser related, right?

My solution-as I always have sleep mode on-is to regularly "restart" your PC 1-2X per week. This gets rid of unwanted processes in the background. Might as well go to "task manager" and disable the processes that are not important such as certain app updates that are always on, etc.

I get up in the morning and start/ boot up my computer. I do my usual daily routine. Rather than shutting it down, I hit the button shaped like a crescent moon and turn off the monitor. At any time between the initial boot up and shut down at night, I hit the Windows key, turn on the monitor and put in my password ( admin) to do whatever I want to do. The only thing is, it takes forever to get it to do anything whenever it is coming out of sleep mode. I think you guys are over- analyzing the annoying way it acts on wake up. I just don’t understand why it doesn’t want to react to my wishes once the screen and other basic functions come to life. When I click on an icon or call up a program, it’s like it’s deaf or ignoring me. If an address is in the search bar, I have to highlight it and hit enter to get it to go search. If I want to work on a spreadsheet, it takes forever for the program to do anything. I even get a response saying it is not responding, but if I wait, it will eventually get moving. I only go into sleep mode to avoid the long boot up process. Should I be shutting it down after every use and restarting all of the time?

I use the same power button for on and off sleep, not the windows butt.
Do a sfc /scannow to see if you have a CBS log (corruption).