I don't understand why you feel you have to do anything new, what are your goals? Are you just trying to have a reliable node for yourself? optimize for earnings? Your goals determine what you should do, but you don't have to do anything, there's no law that states your channels must be balanced.

If you want to discourage failed forwarding attempts, jack the fee to the stratosphere on any channels where your local balance is depleted such that no one will try them.

Lightning nodes are still hot wallets too, so its always better to err on the side of not putting more than you need to out there.