When creating posts (I write my posts in a Word document first), I prefer to setup the scheduling date as soon as I have pasted my text into the WordPress edit window. In this way, if I click on Publish instead of Draft accidentally (ooooh how many times I’ve done that!) my new post won’t be displayed even for a second on my website.

PS: Sorry about the goofy sign off, lol!

UPDATE: Discovered recently that my WA hosted website is not scheduling my posts. Another member just shared training on a new plugin to resolve this issue. Here's the URL to that training: https://my.wealthyaffiliate.com/training/fix-the-missed-schedule-wordpress-error-super-easy-solution/one-page-tutorial