What to text him besides good morning to keep him interested

You're texting him good morning because it feels safe and because you're not sure what else to say. But from his side, a good morning text reads as low effort and low stakes. He knows you're probably sending the same thing to stay on his mind, which means it's doing the opposite. It signals that you don't have anything specific to talk about with him. He's not unique in your message, just another person you're maintaining contact with. If he's not texting back or giving you short replies, this is often why. The conversation isn't built on anything real.

First, it has to give him a reason to care right now. Not later, not when he gets around to it. A real reason. That means starting with something he would actually want to know about or react to. A detail about something that happened, a question that makes him think, or an observation that only you would send him. Second, it has to make it easy for him to write back something that's more than one word. If your text is a statement, give him something to respond to inside it. If it's a question, make sure it's open enough that he has room to add his own thoughts. A draft that works is one where you can imagine three different natural replies he might give.

Send when you actually have something to say, not on a schedule. A text that arrives when he's thinking about something else lands different than one that interrupts him at the right moment. Early morning or late night texts often get buried. Mid-morning or early evening usually means he can actually engage. If he doesn't reply within a day, he's either busy or not interested. Don't send a follow-up. Let it sit. If he comes back after a few days, the conversation might still have life in it. If it's been a week and nothing, accept that this text didn't land and move on to someone who's quicker to engage.