ORIGINAL: CGRetired
I am usually jittery on my first flight of the day. So, I avoid any maneuvers and just fly ovals for several minutes, then do a few touch and go's to get the bugs out, finally land and relax for about 10 or 20 minutes. Then I refuel and, on my next flight, I start off with ovals, then do some very basic maneuvers and progress from there.
I think we all get jitters during our flying, it's how you deal with them that's important. That's the way I deal with them, and it works for me.
CGr
I'm with CG. I'm always a little jittery on my first flite of the day, particularly it it's a new aircraft. Somehow though, I find the actual flying to be relaxing and the landings I guess I face with so much concentration I'm not really 'jittery'. I guess we all react differently.