You also don’t want to tank your gpa later by having to take a lot of hard classes in, say, junior year, when you might want a bit of time to enjoy you last couple of years of college.
If you take two harder classes and two easier ones, you should have a good balance.
For example, if writing is hard for you, maybe only take one course with a lot of writing requirements as a frosh. Balance that out with one elective, one easier required course, and maybe a harder science course with a lab.