Well you already have one advantage, your location
. There is so much inspiration where you live (assuming you're not to far from NYC)...
Besides that I'd suggest downloading the trial versions of Adobe products just to open them up and try and experiment/mess around without using to many resources (tutorials / other people). I just feel you grow so much more by doing that rather than having someone spoon feed you along the way.
Eventually those are good learning tools. Unless you have absolutely no idea how to use a program. Like when I first start it was easy to work my way around the apps 'cause I already knew a lot about computers...I took some classes at an art school and there were some people who didn't even know how to open up a new file...etc If you're one of those people, hit the books
Obviously post any questions you may have here, people are generally eager to help. Good luck!