Organizing photographs

You want to take beautiful photographs correct? Organizing your photos is not high on the list. However before you know it you will have hundreds and hundreds of photos and how will you find any of them? Create a system NOW. Even if you are swamped with photos already. There are many systems you can use. I like to start with general headings. EX. nature, family, vacations, events etc. Then I have under each of these subheadings by the year. If this is all you do you will be ahead of the game. But the more subheading you have the easier it will be to find that one special photo you took in 2012 of your grandmother.
Even if you are sitting in a photographic mess at this moment create your system and put all your future photos into these categories. Then little by little you can sort through the uncategorized photos and put them into your system. Before you know if everything will be in order and available. Remember while you are doing this edit edit edit. Only keep the best. Then when you look back at your work you will see where you have been and the progress you have made. Start today.