Ron grew up in a small town in Iowa, home to a community based around the practice of Transcendental Meditation, and was raised as a very open-minded Christian Boy Scout, attaining the rank of Eagle Scout at 18. He attended two years at the local college before dropping out.
Nearly a year later, at the sudden possibility of achieving a life-long dream, Ron gave away everything he owned, quit his job, and along with four friends, traveled to Germany in search of spiritual guidance. When the original direction did not pan out, he traveled through Europe broke, eventually having a life crisis, during which he became a born-again Taoist. He then became a meditating monk, spending nearly eleven hours a day engaged in deep meditation.
He traveled as a monk for a year, living in Holland, Germany and North Carolina. After leaving the group, Ron continued to travel, living for some time in Florida, New York, New Mexico and California. Moving back to Iowa, Ron spent a year in Iowa City and a semester in college before moving back to his hometown.
Ron has worked a variety of jobs, from lawnmower to bartender, from assistant manager of a retail store to gardener and prep cook. Now, at 24 years old, he has finally found his calling as “Inventor.” He is currently writing a novel, in an up-and-coming band, involved in his local Anti-Tobacco Coalition, working as a chef in a small restaurant, writing about himself in the third person, and generally enjoying the small-town life.
