But suppose there is some ... repository of people 'stuff' where new people or other types of animals are put together for the next generation and you have a chance to do it again right here on earth or better yet, at some other location in the universe.

An eternity of resting on clouds, watering the pot plants, talking to God vs oblivion.
Bugger those, I am off to Valhalla.

I agree.

I have zero clue what will be waiting for me...no one does. It doesn't make sense to me that I will spend eternity knowing I died...that would be that fairy tale place they call hell. I hope there IS something beyond this

I believe that the universe is not wasteful. Our consciousnesses will probably be recycled in some way.

We go on. The entire universe is conscience and we are a part of it. A story that I know to be true: A few years ago a lady died while receiving treatment for cancer. Heart attack, she did not pass right away. Other ladies got there and were with her as she passed. One of them was a really close friend. After lady dies and on the way home the really close friend casually asks her husband who is a straight catholic, "I wonder if she has gone on yet"? Some people think that you stick around for a while after passing. . 30 seconds later her phone rings, this person does not text and nobody texts her. It was a text from an unknown number and it said "yes I have and I'm figuring things out" , a direct answer to a question. I later asked the husband -"did you see that text" Yes he did. Go figure and leave your phones on at all times!

That's not an unusual or weird view at all - based on the various other conversations we've had on this site about what might or might not happen at the point of and after death, it'd be fairly safe to say that the majority of atheists and agnostics share it.

If you die , but realize what you left behind , then it's reasonable to think that they will follow you into where ever you wind up . On the other hand , if you are reincarnated , you may or may not bring some memories with you , but they don't seem to cover much or last long on average . While physics seems to suggest that matter may change form , but it doesn't just become nothing . There are those who've weighed the dying and they claim there's a difference in weight of humans of several ounces between the dying and when they're dead . I guess that would suggest ghosts have some weight , if ghosts exist . But , in the end , we have no choice in the matter . What will be , will be .

Sounds like you're buying the standard perception. But we just can't know - can we ?