I have the feeling that you don't value much your work to accept this state of affairs between you and whoever employs you. If you deliver quality products and can negotiate a bit, employers will pay you more and you will feel respected for your work. Go get paid for what you're worth, not just for being able to keep food on your plate. It's not OK to continue being exploited.
Same thing with currency, as long the threshold is met, the rest is worthless (IMO).
It's not that I don't value my work, but instead that more money doesn't mean more value for me, so even if a company wanted to reward me more they couldn't add more value through money.
Don't you think having a peaceful life doing what you like to do in exchange for your work is a fair deal? I think it is ^ ^
Aynways, the currency does still matter. Take it, throw it in a retirement account, and then build whatever the hell you want post-retirement. Building X might be fun, but after N years building slight variations of X you'll probably want to go off and make something else. Maybe even something people won't pay you to make. And then having those extra $$$ will make all the difference in the world.
For money, 'Enough' is FU money (i.e. not having to work again in your life).
This is all fine and dandy when say you're working for a non-profit, or DWB, or open source or whatever else betterment of mankind.
The point here is that sure you're doing what you love and that's enough for you, but the only one benefitting from it is your employer. If you don't feel that you need that money, negotiate for it and donate it to something of your choice and feel even better about what you're doing, but don't line someone elses pockets with your benevolence.
That's my 2 cents.
If you're having trouble making sense of that, it's because the way money and RAM function are fundamentally different, so it makes for a poor metaphor.