I mistakenly hit ctrl S on a half finished email this morning when I meant to take a screenshot. It was thankfully a low stakes email, but I feel like I’m constantly making these little mistakes at work. Any tips to stop doing stuff like this?

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Posting as :
works at
You are currently posting as works at

Fill in the recipient names after you finished the draft.

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Great tip!

I think the easy answer is, SLOW down. Theres no harm in going to long route sometimes. You don't need keyboard short cuts (you can grab the snipping tool from the start menu by clicking). I'm not saying this applies to you, but some people get so into "productivity hacks" they end up trying to speed up everything to the point the small errors pop up.
Also, don't beat yourself up. Chances are, you are pretty decent at your job and doing ok. The more you worry about "small mistakes" the more you'll find you might make.
The greatest goalkeepers in the world, STILL let in goals occasionally. If you really find it hard to break that mindset, try and write down all the good stuff you accomplished and all the times you spotted a problem and saved the day VS a small error (like sending an email at the wrong time). You'll likely find you are about 6-1 up

Copy and paste, and not filling in the recipient name, is solid advice. Something else that I’m personally doing this year- taking a pause! Slowing down. I make tons of silly little errors when in a rush. Nothing high stakes, but just doesn’t show the attention to detail I know I can give.

You could have recalled the email and resent it. Maybe just try slowing down or realizing that emails periodically will get auto saved or give you a pop up if you accidentally try closing out of the window

Slow down

Like everyone else said, slow is fast.

Ugh, I was once reaching out to someone via email who I was scheduled to interview with for a different role at my company then realized a typo right after pressing send. I reached out again to correct the typo, and then realized another typo!! I cancelled the interview after that lol.
I am much more careful now and follow some of the other tips in this thread.

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