Is It Helping or Hurting You to Be on the Other Side of the Country?

I was isolated from the catastrophes in New York on the one hand it helped I think my survival on a day-to-day basis because I was so far away and I felt a huge drive to succeed. On the other hand I would be lying if I didn't tell you that I felt terrible terrible pangs of guilt for being three thousand miles away while my mother was living her last few months  and my father with his brewing legal troubles i felt in some cases that I had abandoned the effort if we can talk about your time at USC. period that you referenced 87 and 91 is exactly the same time when you were off to the other side of the country to go to