Feeling happy

Feeling good and pleased with how things are.

Where it sits on the wheel

Happy is in the middle ring, under Joyful. Further out: cheerful, glad and delighted.

What made you happy today, even for a moment?

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Joyful (one ring in)
Happy is feeling good about how things are. Joyful is brighter and warmer, often with energy you can feel.
Playful (also under Joyful)
Happy is feeling good; playful is wanting to have fun. You can be happy and quiet, but playful wants to move.
Hopeful (also under Joyful)
Happy is about now; hopeful is about what might come. You can feel hopeful on a day that isn’t happy.
Cheerful (further out)
Cheerful is happiness that shows and spreads, in your voice or the way you move.
Glad (further out)
Glad is a quieter happiness, usually about something in particular.
Delighted (further out)
Delighted is a burst of happiness, often at something lovely or unexpected.

Happy is one of the 104 words on the Slow Days feelings wheel, and the list of feelings has them all. The wheel isn’t a test or a diagnosis.