. . . what she would be doing . . .

[shootingstar]

Having read the entire page she put the phone down and decided to go find out if there was a pool. She wanted to do what she would be doing in this life, and what she would be doing was swimming. And maybe the water would help her think of what she could say.
(The Midnight Library by Matt Haig, episode The Successful Life)

Does "would" in this sentence express a habitual action in the past? If not, why not and what does it express instead? I think the sentence "She wanted to do what she would do in this life" actually expresses a habitual action.

 

[5jj]

It's an implied condition: She wanted to do what she would be doing in this life if she were in this life. She is a apparently, in this life, but she is distancing herself from it to help herself come to a decision.