That's a great outlook, I'm sure many people would love to be in that type of mindset towards death (especially since childhood!).  I haven't feared death at all to the extent that I used to ever since beginning my journey that involves using psychedelics.  I know just what you mean when you say anticipating death, I have to hold that belief in during most social situations since people jump to the conclusion that it must mean I want to die unnaturally as soon as possible.  So many have found psychedelics and entactogens to dissolve some of that built in fear us humans have towards death...I don;t know exactly how these substances have done this to so many, including myself who has gone through that phase where the fear of death dissipates to some degree.  My guess is it's something to do with experiencing such an intense change in perception that we assume is involved in death since science has told us we lose what makes us human and concious.  Losing your conciousness would obviously mean losing perception, which is a change.  Maybe that intense shift in perception that people gain while under the influence of psychs is what eats away at our deeply engrained fear of death.

I think a very important question regarding this topic is "Why are so many people afraid of death in the first place?"  Maybe it could be the puritanical base we have in western civilizations, we will be judged for our rights and our wrongs which makes it seem like any "wrongdoing" (by whatever guidlines) will set you up for punishment (Heaven and Hell)