Perhaps a Doing list of length 1? Distractions are often the cause of procrastination, and of lack of motivation. The Doing list is perhaps the one we should be referring to most!
(I'm very much into the philosophy-meta-self-help stuff so please excuse me if this is way out there.)
You would probably like David Allen's Getting Things Done (GTD) book. I think your "Doing" list is what he would call "Next Action", the very next task you can begin because it has no blocking dependencies.
Todo -> Future
Done -> Past
Present?
Perhaps a Doing list of length 1? Distractions are often the cause of procrastination, and of lack of motivation. The Doing list is perhaps the one we should be referring to most!
(I'm very much into the philosophy-meta-self-help stuff so please excuse me if this is way out there.)