Recently I was working with a gal who had quite a few photos she wanted to sort. The good thing was most were still in the photoshop sleeves and contained in boxes. The bad news was that the photos represented quite a few years of memories.
At first, we labeled photo boxes by year and tried to identify each sleeve by year. Unfortunately, there were no mileposts that my client could use as clues to the years taken. I would use my children’s ages, or the house we were in at the time as determinants. Her children, however, were grown with young children. She still lived in the family home of fifty+ years.
We decided to switch gears and sort by category instead. The categories we used were: children’s families (one pile for each child), trips with friends, church friends, and hometown visits. That way there was less hesitation in sorting.
She wanted to send most of the photos to her children anyway, so we were halfway 
there after sorting. The Creative Memories Power Sort Box held the photos for each child (up to 2400.) The kids could mix and match on their own. My client could select the photos that she wanted to keep and offer the rest to friends.
In organizing, if at first you don’t succeed, sometimes you just have to punt. In this case, it worked!
