I have a branch of the Raycast extension that lets me sort (and color) goals by “days above the line”. The formula I’m using is floor( delta / rate-per-day + 1). It’s perhaps overly simplistic as a formula, but so far I find it completely satisfactory! (If anyone has a better way of calculating this, let me know!)
I’ve also created a new goal for myself that sums the days above the line for the 10 lowest goals, with the goal to get to 100 (i.e., 10 days above the line for my 10 most pressing goals). (I think this is what @scarabaea is doing as well?) Data is added throughout the day via a cron job and a personal API endpoint.
Between these two things, I don’t think I’ve ever had this much buffer! And it feels amazing. I’ve previously tracked total urgency load, but that never really took off like I hoped it would (perhaps for the issues previously stated around breaks and flat spots).
Anyway, please let me know if you have any thoughts or suggestions on this approach! (It’s very possible that I’m missing something important from the discussion above. 
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