Finder related tasks keep freezing/glitching M1 Max

Hi there,

I think I'm going crazy and I really hope one of you can help me out. Since last Friday I have been experiencing different issues regarding Finder-related tasks, and I can't figure out what is causing them. It started when I was working in InDesign- it sometimes showed me the 'wheel of death', which isn't common since I have a Macbook Pro M1 Max. At first, I thought this was related to Adobe, but I now seem to run into issues outside of using any Adobe software.

I made a list of all the issues I'm experiencing so far:

• Finder freezes when saving something from within Adobe
• Sidebar only shows iCloud Drive when trying to save something
• Finder freezes when trying to copy file to another folder/dragging someting to trash 
• Saved files don’t show up on desktop after saving, only shows saved files after relaunching 
• Finder freezes when trying to open the Recent folder

Things I have tried so far:

• Force quitting the Finder (I have to do this all the time now)
• Restarting my Macbook
• Check if I needed to free up space
• Check if there are any updates for my Macbook

I would love to hear your thoughts on this, it really disturbs my workflow.

Thanks in advance!