proximity effect and resolution

When going through the recording stage I wanted to make sure that I produced a professional sounding piece when listerning back to my interview. In order to create this, I will make sure I look out for proximity effect by staying a certain distance from the microphone. If you do get to close then the bass frequencies can be exaggerated creating a booming sound within the interview, which could possible merge words making it harder for listeners to pick up and understand what they are staying and make seem like the interview is unnatural and harder to follow