The way steem power works may not be 100% clear, so I decided to post a short explanation.
You vote with steem power, therefore the more steem power you have, the more weight it has when you upvote a post. You can power down to slowly convert steem power into steem. If you power down without claiming the steem that is until it's all steem power has been converted to steem, you will get it all in one year. Every time you claim some of the steem, the conversion process is slowed and the rest will take longer to convert.
I hve been seing some articles say that it will actually tke 13 weeks and your steempower will be divided equally aacross the 13 weeks. Which if these is true
Wow that is confusing. Though I am certain it is not 13 weeks.