A plot twist feels like a mistake right up until you see how it changes the ending.

An unwelcome turn is unreadable while you are inside it. Meaning arrives from what comes afterwards, and in the middle there is no afterwards yet, only the disruption of whatever you had planned. Calling it a disaster is a verdict passed with most of the evidence still missing.

When something derails this year, try to hold the judgement open rather than settling it immediately. Ask what is now possible that was not before, even if the answer is thin. You can decide what it was in a year, when you can actually see.