I kinda love it when people who don't know what they're doing are also clearly on the right path to learning what they need.

It's not about knowing all the answers, it's about having the wherewithal to deal with your own ignorance properly.

You may not have as much knowledge as you'd like, but you have more wisdom than you need.

I suggest you close that channel ASAP and eat the cost, consider it your cost of tuition.

The lightning setup I like is Blixt + WOS

Blixt allows you to hold your Sats on lightning without the need for a custodian.

Wallet of Satoshi offers all the connectivity and channel management benefits that come with a large centralized custodian. WOS seems to be the biggest and most popular one so if you're just after maximum connectivity like me this is the way to go.

When my balance on WOS starts to make me nervous I send it to my Blixt and sleep like a baby.

You can open outgoing or buy incoming channels to/from places like LN BIG to manage liquidity.

Make sure you know what you're doing BEFORE you get set up this time. Don't pay tuition twice.