Big mistake, my friend! Sorry, but I have to be real when it comes to good and influential content creators like yourself. Not sure on your situation in detail but really REALLY consider other options to get yourself out of it. "When" STEEM turns around, your upvotes will improve significantly in value. It happened before, it can definitely happen again. Destroying the "Golden Goose" should be the absolute last resort, especially with prices this low at the moment. My opinion, of course.

I understand things get difficult in life, especially in the financial department, but powering down at this stage, after all you've built. Well, that must be painful for you to do as well as for us to watch.

I wish you all the best and, for what it's worth, hope you stop that powerdown and hang on to the STEEM you've worked hard to accumulate thus far. Good luck in whatever decision you choose to make, bud.