One thing I learned from being away from my kids since July 9th is that I’ll NEVER AGAIN take chances on future success.
Never again. NE-VER!
My days of “hoping things will work out” ended as of right now. I won’t do anything with the hope that things will get better in some unspecified time and place. No more investment now for the unknown future.
The “spec” days are for young folk, not for me.
It’s time for some stability, big payouts and living the next 49 years in the least stressful way as humanly possible.
I love my family more than anything and will be making every move, from now on, with them in mind. My mental and long-term physical health will also be front and center.
Maybe it’s just me, but as cool as things may seem on the surface, some things are just not worth it in the long term. With each passing day, I’m figuring out what really matters to me.
These two matter.
Fatherhood matters.
Raising two people who are going to be the next generation of citizens matters.
It’s time to get back to NYC and be the father I want to be…and have always been.
Nov 7th…I’ll see them again and I’m never leaving them.
Clayton Craddock is a stay-at-home father of two children in New York City. He has a B.B.A from Howard University’s School of Business and is also a 17 year veteran of the fast paced New York City music scene. He has played drums in a number of hit Broadway musicals including “tick…tick…BOOM, Memphis the Musical and Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill with Audra McDonald.
He has worked on other musicals; Footloose, Motown, The Color Purple, Bare, Rent, Little Shop of Horrors, Evita, Cats, and Avenue Q and is currently the drummer in a new Broadway bound musical titled Ain’t Too Proud.
Clayton has written for A Voice For Men, The Good Men Project and is writing a memoir about fatherhood.