“Blow up Your Life” is a newsletter of first-draft, in-process personal essays.

In 2020 I moved to Europe in the aftermath of a really bad breakup, hoping to escape heartache and distract myself with boys, raves, and food. Nothing turned out how I hoped it would and most of the decisions I’ve made have been bad. Live vicariously through my Euro self-sabotage from the comfort of your American homes.

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Shayna Goodman's essays have appeared in The Cut, Refinery 29, Salon, Lilith Magazine, Jewish Currents, and Grub Street Literary Magazine, among other places.