She doesn’t have a crystal ball, but if anyone can teach you how to clear your plate so you can make way for the best, it’s Gina Trapani. She’s the founder of one of the most successful weblogs of all time, Lifehacker.com, and the author of Upgrade Your Life: The Lifehacker Guide to Working Smarter, Faster, Better. Maybe you can actually plan for greatness…

What’s the feeling you’re usually trying to achieve? What helps you get that?

I always want to feel like I’ve made something useful. It’s probably the obsession with productivity my job requires, but at the end of the day, if I can point to something I made or written and feel like things are better because of it, I’m happy. Usually I get there by working on the things I want to work on because I’m interested and excited by them, versus the things I feel l should work on because of some expectation.

What’s the advice that you’re always giving people?

I always give people the advice I need the most myself: to relax, to listen to your gut, and to try.

What would you like to be a master of?

My own train of thought, especially when life is stressful.

What’s a repeating lesson in your life?

That the answer’s right there, that your gut feeling is a fine reason to make a decision one way or the other, that over-thinking things is a waste of time.

What would you like to revolutionize?

I’d like to revolutionize the way that people use their resources—whether it’s intangible things like your time and energy and attention, or physical resources like paper, water, or gas. I wish we lived in less of a disposable culture, and that the emphasis was on less wasteful habits and more respect for what we’ve been given.

What inspires you?

Innovation and great ideas inspire me. Working in technology, reviewing new software, I get to see this a lot, and four years later, it’s still a total buzz.

What books, movies, or CDs have been most helpful or inspiring to you?

I’m a sucker for books by writers on writing, so Anne Lamott’s Bird by Bird and Steven Pressfield’s The War of Art always give me a great kick in the uninspired pants when I need it.

What do you collect, or have a lot of?

I collect information—thousands of bookmarks, web clippings, PDF files, archived email messages (dating back to 1997!), digital photos, and blog posts have been accumulating on my hard drive for years, and I can’t bring myself to get rid of them, lest I forget something important that I found once before!