diff --git a/script/helpers.coffee b/script/helpers.coffee
index 0976243ede..508a42795d 100644
--- a/script/helpers.coffee
+++ b/script/helpers.coffee
@@ -123,18 +123,18 @@ module.exports =
 
     repeat = {m:true,t:true,w:true,th:true,f:true,s:true,su:true}
     defaultTasks = [
-      {type: 'habit', text: '1h Productive Work', notes: '-- Habits: Constantly Track --\nFor some habits, it only makes sense to *gain* points (like this one).', value: 0, up: true, down: false }
-      {type: 'habit', text: 'Eat Junk Food', notes: 'For others, it only makes sense to *lose* points', value: 0, up: false, down: true}
-      {type: 'habit', text: 'Take The Stairs', notes: 'For the rest, both + and - make sense (stairs = gain, elevator = lose)', value: 0, up: true, down: true}
+      {type: 'habit', text: '1h Productive Work', notes: 'When you create a new habit, you will be able to click whether you want it have positive or negative attributes. For some Habits, like this one, it only makes sense to *gain* points.', value: 0, up: true, down: false }
+      {type: 'habit', text: 'Eat Junk Food', notes: 'For others, it only makes sense to *lose* points.', value: 0, up: false, down: true}
+      {type: 'habit', text: 'Take The Stairs', notes: 'For the rest, both + and - make sense (stairs = gain, elevator = lose).', value: 0, up: true, down: true}
 
-      {type: 'daily', text: '1h Personal Project', notes: '-- Dailies: Complete Once a Day --\nAt the end of each day, non-completed Dailies dock you points.', value: 0, completed: false, repeat: repeat }
-      {type: 'daily', text: 'Exercise', notes: "If you are doing well, they turn green and are less valuable (experience, gold) and less damaging (HP). This means you can ease up on them for a bit.", value: 3, completed: false, repeat: repeat }
-      {type: 'daily', text: '45m Reading', notes: 'But if you are doing poorly, they turn red. The worse you do, the more valuable (exp, gold) and more damaging (HP) these goals become. This encourages you to focus on your shortcomings, the reds.', value: -10, completed: false, repeat: repeat }
+      {type: 'daily', text: '1h Personal Project', notes: 'All tasks default to yellow when they are created. This means you will take only moderate damage when they are missed and will gain only a moderate reward when they are completed.', value: 0, completed: false, repeat: repeat }
+      {type: 'daily', text: 'Exercise', notes: 'Dailies you complete consistently will turn from yellow to green to blue, helping you track your progress. The higher you move up the ladder, the less damage you take for missing and less reward you receive for completing the goal.', value: 3, completed: false, repeat: repeat }
+      {type: 'daily', text: '45m Reading', notes: 'If you miss a daily frequently, it will turn darker shades of orange and red. The redder the task is, the more experience and gold it grants for success and the more damage you take for failure. This encourages you to focus on your shortcomings, the reds.', value: -10, completed: false, repeat: repeat }
 
-      {type: 'todo', text: 'Call Mom', notes: "-- Todos: Complete Eventually --\nNon-completed Todos won't hurt you, but they will become more valuable over time. This will encourage you to wrap up stale Todos.", value: -3, completed: false }
+      {type: 'todo', text: 'Call Mom', notes: 'While not completing a to-do in a set period of time will not hurt you, they will gradually change from yellow to red, thus becoming more valuable. This will encourage you to wrap up stale To-Dos.', value: -3, completed: false }
 
-      {type: 'reward', text: '1 Episode of Game of Thrones', notes: '-- Rewards: Treat Yourself! --\nAs you complete goals, you earn gold to buy rewards. Buy them liberally - rewards are integral in forming good habits.', value: 20 }
-      {type: 'reward', text: 'Cake', notes: 'But only buy if you have enough gold - you lose HP otherwise.', value: 10 }
+      {type: 'reward', text: '1 Episode of Game of Thrones', notes: 'Custom rewards can come in many forms. Some people will hold off watching their favorite show unless they have the gold to pay for it.', value: 20 }
+      {type: 'reward', text: 'Cake', notes: 'Other people just want to enjoy a nice piece of cake. Try to create rewards that will motivate you best.', value: 10 }
     ]
 
     defaultTags = [
@@ -372,4 +372,4 @@ module.exports =
       keys = _.keys(spec).concat(_.keys(spec.__proto__))
       keys.forEach (k) => hydrated[k] = @hydrate(spec[k])
       hydrated
-    else spec
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+    else spec