What do you think causes lack of motivation?

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I'm just wondering what people think are the big motivation-killers for us on the spectrum? I find sensory issues a big turn-off, as they're constantly there, and the more stuff I do the more I feel those unpleasant sensations. They also feel exhausting as they keep distracting me and I have to keep pulling my attention back to whatever I was meant to be doing. I no longer have social phobia, thank goodness, but I still find people exhausting even though I can pull off a good disguise a lot of the time, and leaving the apartment of course involves bumping into lots of people I may or may not know, e.g. when getting the lift down from my apartment, going to college, going to the shops. I think they're the biggest motivation-killers for me... What about you? Any coping ideas too?

Not being able to fix the problems did it for me.

I often have specific ideas on how I would like to do a certain activity or project. If I'm in a situation where I don't have the money or resources to do something the way I want to do it then the whole thing is off.

In certain situations I can be an All Or Nothing person.

This. Plus, I hate situations whose outcomes are likely to be nebulous.

As for concrete things like housework, I think it's executive dysfunction. I like to see things clean, but I don't always know a way to get there, and even then the result is "nebulous". I have so much stuff to go into so little a space, and the other denizens in my house then "chaotize" what I've done. (They're 5 and 7, so it's mostly okay)