thats the way to go. i stopped using shared hosting many years ago for the same reasons and you. I've been running a single dedicated server for the past 8 year

thats the way to go. i stopped using shared hosting many years ago for the same reasons and you. I've been running a single dedicated server for the past 8 years (which i keep upgrading every 2 years). hosting 30+ sites some of which have a decent amount of traffic. I get better performance, and more control. it all has been smooth ever since - just keeping an eye on the logs (I setup some alerts), following some security hardening guides and don't run anything I am not sure about. it just works!