From Confusion to Clarity: My Journey to Finding Clarity Academics

Clarity. Confidence. Calling. 

That’s what we’re about at Clarity Academics. But those words didn’t just come out of thin air. They were painstakingly unveiled—surfacing out of a sea of confusion, struggle, and some really dark nights and really long talks with God.

So, for my first ever blog post, I thought I’d just be real with you.

This is my story.

Life Was a Straight Line

Life was going to be a straight line for me.

In college, I thought I’d go into medicine. I was a neuroscience major, a chemistry tutor, an EMT, and a nurse assistant. Get good grades, volunteer, and network a lot.

Easy with very clear steps and instructions. Anyone could do it without thinking that much.

But deep down in my junior year of college, something just didn’t feel right...

One late night one of my good friends called me to catch up. She updated me and I told her I was studying for my MCAT.

She explained to me how leaving medicine made her feel so free. She felt lost, but it was so much better than being 100% sure and unhappy.

After hanging up, I laid in bed, truly thinking for the first time in my life.

That same night, I made the decision to escape and that decision flipped my entire world right side up.

After I told my family, my mom and I went a whole month living under the same roof without speaking a single word to each other.

After that month I had enough, I packed up my stuff, hugged my brother good bye, grabbed my dog, and left. I was ready to live in my car if I had to. But by the grace of God, my girlfriend’s (now wife’s) family took me in. I felt like I was drifting and felt lost but I was happy.

After graduating and a year of healing, I still felt like I was drifting.

So, I tried getting a job to support me and my girlfriend, Anna.

I tried marketing, got close to landing a great job, and lost it.

I tried business, got close to landing a great job, and lost it. Same with retail, coaching, and physical therapy.

I finally tried finance. It was the dream job. This one would change me and my wife's lives forever. I was preparing for all my interviews and trying so hard to make the HR onboarding guy like me. After the interview he told me that he was sorry and better luck next time.

I was so close... but I lost it.

Thought maybe that was my shot, but it slipped through my fingers at the last second.

Now I was drifting again. I hated that feeling.

Teaching Chose Me: Embracing My Calling in the Classroom

That feeling of uncertainty drives me to hunt for comfort.

I was doing a lot of stuff to find comfort before I left my family. I was doing everything I just wanted to do and that I never got to do before. Starting a vintage clothing business, reselling, and just chasing money by doing just random stuff. except getting a job.

Money was my comfort. Getting a job was discomfort.

I eventually got retail job after a while because I really did need money at that point. But a retail job was, well a retail job.

I had enough and needed a way out of this cycle so I contacted a few wise teachers I had in high school to see if they wanted lunch and to help me with my life. We got lunch and they said, “Saugat, you should be a teacher.” At first, I laughed it off.

I always loved teaching, but I thought maybe I’d do it twenty years from now. Turns out, God had other plans. I started substitute teaching, and, honestly, it felt like coming home.

When a full-time biology position opened up at my old high school, I threw my hat in the ring. Long story short, with a little miracle and a lot of help, I got the job. (I will eventually tell the whole story, miracles and all, but it's way too much for this article).

And then—another miracle—right after getting settled, I was offered my dream: teaching physics.

After a year of teaching I’d never felt more confident. My first year teaching, I got some of the best feedback you could hope for, but the same feeling the night I decided to leave medicine started coming up again.

I didn't want to believe it.

I wanted to force through it. But after 2 years of learning about myself and trying to find my purpose, I knew something had to change.

Called to Something Greater: The Birth of Clarity Academics

In the months that followed, I kept praying, kept asking, “God, what are you trying to tell me?” I felt a burden—like I was supposed to do something more, but I didn’t know what.

Then, through a string of small whispers, it all came together.

That’s when Clarity Academics was born. I felt called to help students like me. Kids who love science and reason, but also crave meaning and truth. Kids who want to learn deeply, not just chase grades.

What Clarity Academics Stands For

At Clarity Academics, everything we do is about more than just acing the test. We help students:

• Learn deeply—so knowledge actually sticks and makes sense.

• Build confidence—so they can walk into any classroom (or life situation) with their heads high.

• Connect faith and reason—because the natural world points to something bigger, not smaller.

• Grow as whole people—mind, heart, and soul.

We don’t follow fads. We don’t do empty memorization. We use evidence-based learning strategies (from Bloom’s Taxonomy to retrieval practice), but we also care about sunlight, joy, and rest. Science and faith aren’t in conflict here—they enrich each other, and they help kids grow into exactly who they’re meant to be.

All I have to say is 1 Corinthians 13:2.

An Invitation to the Journey

So, that’s me. That’s the “why” behind Clarity Academics. If you’ve ever felt stuck, lost, or like your questions didn’t have a home—this is for you. If you want your student to thrive without anxiety, confusion, or having to hide any part of themselves—this is for you, too.

I’d love to hear from you—your questions, your story, or just what you hope for your child’s learning journey. Clarity Academics isn’t just tutoring. It’s a path to clarity, confidence, and calling—for every student who wants to thrive.

Thanks for reading, and welcome to the family.