Person 1: Hey why are you smiling so much?
Person 2: I’m smiling because I’m very, very happy!
Person1: That’s good to hear.
Person 2: I’m smiling because I’m very, very happy!
Person1: That’s good to hear.
by Childhood friend May 2, 2021
Get the Happymug. Micro happiness is a state of pleasure derived from small, fleeting moments of personal joy and a sense of accomplishment. These moments can be achieved by such trivial things as winning a video game, successfully cooking a difficult meal, driving to work and hitting nothing but green stoplights, enjoying a really good cup of coffee, cleaning one's house to perfection, etc. These are all temporary accomplishments which only impact the moment, have little bearing on one's entire life as a whole. They trigger endorphins, a critical brain hormone which causes temporarily bliss and tranquility. Daily rounds of micro happiness are are emotional landmarks for helping a person get through the day with satisfaction, and deemed critical to one's sense of self worth.
The larger accomplishments of life would induce states of "macro happiness," such as marrying an ideal mate, having a healthy well-adjusted child, landing a dream job, overcoming a deadly disease like cancer, winning a major award in one's professional field, etc.
An unhealthy preoccupation with pursuing micro happiness can become a trap for low income people whose life is so limited that pursuing the larger goals (macro happiness) is close to impossible. So they might abandon any hope of striving after macro goals, and instead settle into a never ending, daily ritual of chasing after an assortment of micro goals. They become reliant on the endorphin-producing moments of micro happiness they temporarily trigger.
The larger accomplishments of life would induce states of "macro happiness," such as marrying an ideal mate, having a healthy well-adjusted child, landing a dream job, overcoming a deadly disease like cancer, winning a major award in one's professional field, etc.
An unhealthy preoccupation with pursuing micro happiness can become a trap for low income people whose life is so limited that pursuing the larger goals (macro happiness) is close to impossible. So they might abandon any hope of striving after macro goals, and instead settle into a never ending, daily ritual of chasing after an assortment of micro goals. They become reliant on the endorphin-producing moments of micro happiness they temporarily trigger.
She successfully replaced the dryer belt all by herself, and the feeling of pride and micro happiness it induced lasted all day for her.
by anonymous January 11, 2023
Get the micro happinessmug. by ranboofan August 1, 2022
Get the happinessmug. by MY REAL AME February 25, 2024
Get the Happymug. by Happy crip day July 26, 2022
Get the happy crip daymug. Happiness isn’t always a good thing. Some people wear masks and seem happy. Others will hide the pain to be happy. And some people’s happiness is pain. But then there is the good side of happiness, a type that no amount of money can buy. It can come from a special someone. Something special. Or just out of random. You never know what people are going through. So why not make them the good happy?
by Wassuppeoplez June 14, 2018
Get the Happymug. Adj. Term used to describe the state of joy found from causing someone to become butt hurt from being triggered. In no way associated with the use of a firearm.
Seeing people get bent out of shape over their "triggers" makes me smile. Their butt hurt makes me trigger happy.
by 10MinutesWasted October 3, 2017
Get the Trigger Happymug.