Nope never start at the closest brake. Always start the farthest first moving towards the next closest etc. when bleeding brakes. Usually what i do especially if it’s a new fill, fill reservoir OPEN all the bleeders and let gravity be your friend! . Place cap on reservoir pump a few times. Fill again, remove cover, go have a cold one and just sit and wait until all of the bleeders start a good flow, and make sure to keep res full. Now close bleeders from farthest to closest, rarely do I ever need anybody to help me bleed a system, been doing this for over 30 years it works fine. At times I do use myself bleeder cup if it’s being a PIA.