Seconding this. As it’s a mount that is explicitly for your user, you might as well mount it where it’s most convenient for you.
If, on the other hand, it was a mountpoint for the entire system, I’d keep it in /mnt and go the symlink route - I’m old fashioned, and I like to use /mnt for as much as possible. I find it more tidy that way. On that note, I’m not 100% sold on /media yet