Hello, fellow agents and abstractors. I recently joined the Timely Documents team, located in Portland, Oregon. As Source of Title is an excellent tool, I intend to use it to the fullest extent.

I have been mulling over a possible introduction for myself as the Director of Client Services and also to properly launch Timely Document’s recent decision to become involved in this forum. Sadly, I keep then having my attention called to the bigger problem (the pink elephant in the room, shall we say) that all of us are facing. It is a problem that I am sure plagues you daily and hopefully hasn’t harmed you or your family in any way. It is this word and concept of economy and the harsh times ahead of us.

This may sound naïve and you may whole heartedly disagree, but if you care to, hear me out.

In these difficult economic times, I have continually asked myself: How is it that some are hit harder and faster than others? You see many companies closing down, individuals filing bankruptcy and many families drastically changing their lifestyles. While a handful of others are not just maintaining BUT FLOURISHING. These individuals are not reaping the benefits of the fallen companies; they are genuinely beating the economy. The oddities are true to every industry.

I am not an economist but then again, neither are most individuals. So the subject should be somewhat simplified for everyone’s sake. I am going to elaborate so that we are at least on the same page for brief moment. When someone says “the economy is bad”, they tend to think that this deals with only money or the lack thereof.

There are a few different definitions of this word “economy”, these ones are simple, clear cut and to the point:

American Heritage Dictionary: the management of the resources of a community, country, etc., esp. with a view to its productivity.

Webster’s New World Dictionary: A system of producing, distributing, and consuming wealth.

If you were to then look at “management”, to take charge or care of.

You get the concept of taking charge of the distribution and consumption of resources and productivity. Factually, we are all economists.

In some instances while dealing with prospective companies, vendors and even associates I hear, “business is slow, as to be expected”, “it’s that time of the year”, “it’s not you, it’s that work has been slow”, “It’s so slow, we are down to only 2 staff!”. Of course, I understand, it is agreed upon that this is due to the times and the overall condition of the entire economy.

But, if economy is the management of resources and productivity, do we somehow have a stifled ability to produce as a nation, as an individual, as a company?

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Thank you for taking a moment out of your valuable day to read this. Just so that you know, myself and my company are holding up relatively well in the midst of all of this. It is more food for thought and something that I would like very much to see each and every one of us get out of unscathed.

As I stated above, I am the new Director of Client Services at Timely Documents, Inc. We retrieve documents for all counties in Idaho, Washington and Oregon.

I look forward to delivering the best possible services to our current and future clients.

Have a wonderful day.

Amy Jensen

Timely Documents, Inc.

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