[rigelbm]

That sounds a lot like a "immortality project", as described by Becker in The Denial of Death [1].

[1] https://ernestbecker.org/about-becker/beckers-synthesis/#:~:....

[throwawaygal7]

'Immortality project' or just, a traditional way of seeing oneself as being a part of a 'line' or stream of life.