Starflyer, where did you buy your cloud mining contract? It is very important to use only good and reputable cloud mining providers. With some random and unknown company you can be in wrong hands. Not to mention they can scam you.
I got the vouchers off ebay for CEX.IO -- I know maybe it was a silly thing to do. The way I learn is I jump right into things. But I only invested $10 so there's no big loss if it doesn't work out. I figured I might as well just keep them in there and let it do it's thing for awhile.