So, I suspect that mining may not be for me... I will keep buying sats and transfering them to my cold storage. Thanks guys.
It's the best thing to do if you can't buy and maintain the equipment to mine. Imagine a few weeks ago, BTC was worth around 16K and today is worth approximately 23K. That's a huge ROI compared to so many ventures you would try out without breaking much sweat
Cloud mining is a huge scam and nobody should ever think of wasting their time and money in it.