^^ I think there's nothing wrong with reflection/intention. In fact, I regard it very highly. It is closely related to the main day work of the Tibetan dream yogis, and the habits of natural/very frequent lucid dreamers who have a need to constantly evaluate their state (e.g., to determine if they're safe from nightmares). In fact, you could say that it currently forms my main day work, and I do it all throughout the day. My LD progress of late has skyrocketed, in large part I believe to my focus on mindfulness and all-through-the-day awareness ("ADA" has too much baggage as a short-hand, everyone takes it only to mean King Yoshi's precise approach). I think blaming reflection/intention for killing motivation should be a claim made cautiously. Maybe it truly is not for you based on your life particulars. But let me say that all-day type awareness activities take time to get used to. I started mine in November 2013 with ADA/RC-location, and have mostly kept it up since then -- while the target of my attention has shifted over time, I've maintained the day-long focus of maintaining a sense of my state.

I encourage you to take another look at it, and find a target/emphasis that works for you. Gravity as Hukif does it is ADA/RC: you must keep a sense of "is this gravity waking or dreaming?" constantly in your mind.