

That’s low utilization. If your ram was fully used and stuff was being frequently stopped, that’s when I would be concerned (and when you would experience wear on your SSD).
Right now you have less than a quarter used, and a couple things the kernel decided to swap out. Perfectly normal.
It’s a good option if you can’t do anything better, like a VPN. Because there is always the risk of an authentication bypass vulnerability. The less attack surface, the better.