Can our teenage selves and their choices make our adult selves completely different from what we expected? Is uncertainty a necessary prerequisite for those seeking independence and freedom? Translator and author Hilda Papadimitriou appears on the stage of TEDxPatras 2019 and shares her journey, full of bold choices, using the quote “what works for us and expresses us personally” as a leading guide. She shares what she sees around her and her worldview that life is not a linear equation and is not based on certainties. Is there any room for personal expression when we face uncertainties over and over again? Is there any room for dreams and spontaneity, when living in a world of uncertainties?