Wrong timing lang siguro, mabilis ang palitan ng bitcoin ngayon, kita naman sa pagbulusok ng price recently, so busy talaga ang network at nagkakaroon ng congestion.
Baofeng is right kaya kapag may pagtaas sa BTC transaction na naghihintay na ma-confirm it's best talaga na choose a higher one especially kung inaasahan mong agad-agad na makuha yung BTC. If ever you look the chart here on (180 DAYS - 30 Day Average)
https://www.blockchain.com/charts/mempool-count?timespan=1week at may indication ng bull market we should expect that price ng transactions ay tumaas.
Kung ang non-custodial wallet mo may feature Ng Opt-in RBF Gaya ng Electrum or Blockstream Green then best to read this article
https://www.buybitcoinworldwide.com/rbf/ and there are other alternatives as well na binanggit dyan if ever yung non-costudial wallet mo don't have the RBF functionality.