Music provided a framework for assigning numbers to fingers that I didn't grow up with. So I find myself counting using my fingers naturally but sometimes star

Music provided a framework for assigning numbers to fingers that I didn't grow up with. So I find myself counting using my fingers naturally but sometimes start with my index finger, and other times start with my thumb. I think his system is more intuitive and could be more useful but I'm not sure if I can relearn it as an adult and make it stick without a lot of practice! As an aside, my mother is French and learned math in France, and in her school she learned rather different methods for working out addition and multiplication. I remember doing a double-take the first time I saw how she worked out a problem when I was in grade school.