Also do remember that (esp. in shorthanded games) position is more important than cards. You still seem to be focusing on what cards to play and that's an outdated style of thinking. You play what ranges you represent, not your actual hole cards. You can begin exploiting your opponents and putting a ton of pressure on them this way.
This is absolutely true when we're playing against people who understand ranges. But it's no use us playing our range rather than our cards if villain doesn't know what a range is.

We make money at microstakes by exploiting fish... the best way to do this is the value bet often and bluff rarely. When we start playing our range against someone who hasn't a clue what it is, then we're just betting ourselves into a corner vs someone who isn't folding what we need him to fold, what better players will fold.

So I think it's dangerous to be playing your range rather than your cards at the micros. It's good to think about how our range looks to villains, and it's ok to play our range if it's obvious to villain that our range is stronger than his (even though we're actually weak). There are times when we can bluff at micros. But for the most part, it's all about value, and that is 100% based on the strength of our holding.