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Some scattered thoughts on all this:

- You can schedule open time in the day. Maybe this gets you the best of both worlds of serendipity and optimization?

- Regarding metrics that get trapped in local optima, if there is no path available that optimizes the metric then you should take a path that does Not optimize it. This is what the A-Star algorithm does.

- Try supplementing heat maps and trackers with quick daily reflections. Whatever the tracker's big idea or ultimate goal, jot down a few sentences on how you feel about your engagement with the goal/idea that day. This mixes quantitative and qualitative tracking. Periodically review this reflections.

- Optimizing a single dimension does indeed lead to bad results on all other dimensions. So optimize on several dimensions! Career, Social, and Health is a good basket to start with.

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