There is no right or wrong answer. I recall talking about estate planning with a client and they said if only they knew when they would die, it would be so much easier. In other words, uncertainty about the future becomes more certain if you can see the future. As Scrooge was able to see a version of the future, he was able to change decisions today.
If you understood more about the consequences of your actions if you could see your future, it may alter the decisions made today.
Clearly, we can’t see the future, but we can think about probabilities and likelihood. By ensuring you take time to really think about your future, it means the decisions you make today have a better potential for being the right decisions, but also a reassurance that you actually did think about what decisions to make. Making decisions without thought and relying on hope and luck increases the chances of mistakes. When you’ve accumulated wealth it’s the mistakes that hurt you.