For me, it would be your #2 and #4. I would also add that doing what works for you as opposed to what is the expert opinion of what is right. I have to configure my bike to be comfortable/rideable for me and I have been told that my bike is the wrong size, my bars are set wrong, etc. I chased the experts for a few years until I fell on what works for me. I think I could get too focused on what it should be instead of what I need. Not anymore.
Be safe and ride on.