>>> WELCOME BACK.
IT’S THE START OF THE NEW YEAR,
AND THAT MEANS PEOPLE ARE BUSY
MAKING THEIR NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTIONS BECAUSE WE ALL WANT
TO GET STARTED OFF ON THE RIGHT
FOOT.
>> WE THOUGHT IT WOULD BE A
GREAT IDEA TO EXPLORE WHAT
PEOPLE RESOLVED TO DO IN 2020
AND WHAT THE FORECAST LOOKS LIKE
FOR THIS YEAR.
>> FOR THAT JOB, THERE’S REALLY
ONLY ONE GUY WHO CAN BREAK DOWN
THE STATS, NBC’S VERY OWN STEVE
KORNACKI.
WE DOUBT HE RESOLVED TO BECOME A
TOTAL ROCK STAR IN 2020, BUT
SORRY, STEVE, THAT’S WHAT
HAPPENED AFTER HIS COVERAGE OF
THE ELECTION.
>> BIG BATTLEGROUND HERE.
>> DO YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE
INTERNET LOVES YOU?
>> THIS WAS NEWS TO ME THAT
THERE WERE THINGS LIKE THIS
HAPPENING.
>> YOU’RE TWITTER’S BOYFRIEND?
>> I’M NOT EVEN SURE WHAT THAT
MEANS, BUT OKAY.
>> STEVE KORNACKI, THE LEGEND.
>> AS ONE TWITTER USER PUT IT,
IF THE GAP GUZ DOESN’T RENAME
THESE THE KORNACKI KHAKI,
THEY’RE MISSING IT.
>> AGREED.
>> STEVE, WE KNOW YOU BECAUSE WE
WORK WITH YOU.
WE KNOW THIS MUST BE SO
EMBARRASSING FOR YOU, BUT YOU’RE
LIKE THE ONLY PERSON WHO HAD A
GOOD 2020.
>> WELL, IT WAS NOT SOMETHING I
EXPECTED.
IT’S BEEN A LITTLE WILD, AND
YEAH, I’M STILL TRYING TO MAKE
SENSE OF A LOT OF THOSE INTERNET
THINGS.
I DON’T FULLY UNDERSTAND IT.
>> WE LEFT OUT THE MOST
IMPORTANT ONE.
PEOPLE MAGAZINE’S SEXIEST -- ONE
OF THE SEXIEST GUYS.
I DON’T KNOW HOW WE LEFT THAT
ONE OUT, BUT CONGRATS TO YOU.
IT’S YOUR YEAR.
>> I THINK THAT’S WHERE THE VOTE
FRAUD WAS IN 2020.
>> STRONG, STEVE.
>> YOU REALLY WERE AMAZING
DURING THE ELECTION, AND I KNOW
YOU WERE ON THE AIR FOR ALL THE
HOURS THAT ARE IN THE DAY.
SO FOR SEVERAL DAYS.
SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
NOW, WE HAVE A VERY SERIOUS JOB
FOR YOU, BECAUSE PEOPLE LIKE TO
MAKE THEIR NEW YEAR’S
RESOLUTIONS.
YOU HAVE THE CHART OF WHAT
PEOPLE RESOLVED IN 2020 AND HOW
THAT MIGHT COMPARE TO THIS YEAR.
>> YEAH, IF YOU TAKE A LOOK
HERE, LET’S CALL IT UP HERE.
THESE WERE THE RESOLUTIONS.
YOU CAN SORT OF DECIPHER THIS,
THE BICYCLE.
IT WAS EXERCISE.
EXERCISE MORE WAS THE BIGGEST
RESOLUTION.
THE OTHER ONE THERE, THE DOLLAR
SIGNS, YOU CAN SEE THAT WAS SAVE
MONEY.
SO REALLY SAVE MONEY AND
EXERCISE MORE.
ALSO, THIS IS ONE I THINK IN
2021 WE MIGHT SEE A LOT MORE,
TRAVEL.
TRAVEL WAS NUMBER THREE IN 2020.
I IMAGINE AFTER EVERYBODY KIND
OF BEING COOPED UP AT HOME FOR
MONTHS, REALLY THE ENTIRE YEAR,
MAYBE THAT WOULD EXPLODE A BIT
IN 2021.
ALSO, FINDING LOVE WAS THE TOP
CHOICE IN ONE STATE, THAT’S
VERMONT.
>> WOW.
>> NOWHERE ELSE BUT IN VERMONT.
FINDING FRIENDSHIP IN ALASKA.
>> THAT’S INTERESTING.
>> ALASKA, IT’S PLATONIC IN
ALASKA AND ROMANTIC IN VERMONT.
SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
THAT WAS SORT OF THE RANGE
THERE.
>> OKAY, SO THOSE ARE THE THINGS
WE WISHED FOR IN 2020.
WHAT ARE PEOPLE HOPING OR
WISHING FOR THIS YEAR IN 2021?
>> YEAH, AGAIN, IT’S LIKE SELF
IMPROVEMENT, SELF HELP.
THAT TENDS TO BE NUMBER ONE
HERE.
YOU KNOW, IT IS TRAVEL MOVING UP
A LITTLE BIT, AND THE OTHER
THING IS TO DO THIS BY
GENERATION.
I THOUGHT THIS WAS INTERESTING.
WHO IS MAKING THE RESOLUTIONS IN
2021?
THE YOUNGEST.
91%, NEARLY 92% OF FOLKS IN
GENERATION Z ARE MAKING NEW
YEAR’S RESOLUTIONS.
WATCH HOW THIS MOVES AS YOU GO
THROUGH THE AGE CATEGORIES, WITH
MILLENNIALS, STILL VERY HIGH.
WITH GENX, ITS HIGH, BABY
BOOMERS, DOWN TO 60%.
WITH THE SILENT GENERATION, THE
OLDEST GROUP IN HERE, UNDER 50%.
SO GENERATIONALLY, I THINK MAYBE
IT’S A LOT MORE -- IT MAY BE
THAT WE GET HERE, THEY KNOW HOW
THESE THINGS GO.
>> EXACTLY.
THE OLDER YOU GET --
>> UNLESSTHE LESS YOU CARE.
WE HAVE GIVEN UP.
WHAT THE HECK.
>> I NEVER KEEP MY RESOLUTIONS.
WHY BOTHER?
>> I MAY BE DEAD TOMORROW.
I’M JUST HANGING ON.