255 Plugin Cap help

I am considering Merging mods... or Converting some to ESL

To be honest I am NO expert. Its outstanding I've got this far and I think ive even messed up the ENB along the way 💀

But ive got a more or less pretty cool, fun nodded skyrim now.

I do however have an addiction and see a few more survival mods I want. Will M Merging mods, or converting them to ESL be better to save for plugging space?