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In addition to the categories of photos that xoB mentions, create an "Examples" folder with sub-folders for different subject matter (e.g. nature photography, architectural photography, sports photography ... etc.). You're developing your eye for aesthetics (identifying compositional elements that are pleasing to you) by looking at many different compositions for each of various subject matter. A surprising number of pictures that are not intrinsically keepers will have a common element of composition that you either liked; or, disliked (it's fine to save examples of both). By identifying those, you can select just one example to save and label while discarding redundancies. This process will help you cull many of the maybes while preserving guiding examples of your preferences (especially for subject matter you may not revisit frequently). All of that information could be reduced to writing; but, why bother when a picture is worth a thousand words. Didactic study of compositional elements in photography will make this process much easier and your photo reviews go much faster. The number of pictures you take will go down while your percentage of keepers goes up.
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