I wish I was mediocre like my friends, writes Sydney's Amy Molloy I envy her failure. I wish I could be mediocre,' whines former Grazia Australia editor Amy Molloy in today's Daily Mail. Source: Twitter THE article by the former editor of failed Grazia Australia magazine turned Sydney freelancer, Amy Molloy, begins with a description of the many shortfalls of one of her "mediocre" friends. "Now in her 30s, she tends to crash from one career crisis to another and inevitably will have just quit one job and be searching for her next," she writes. She'll arrive with a hangover, minus her wallet, meaning she won't be able to pay for dinner. "At some point during the meal, she will always say the same thing: "You're so lucky, Amy - you're so driven and successful." She envies my life, my career, my salary, my prospects. But the truth is I envy her failure. It's hard being a lonely and joyless high-achiever. I wish I could be mediocre. Molloy, who was editor of Grazia Australia when the magazine was canned in February and now works as a freelancer, says that when she and her colleagues lost their jobs, they drowned their sorrows in the pub while she "plotted" her next career move.. She goes on to to complain that "being successful is torturous. It's isolating - you lose weekends, holidays and (if you're not careful) your social life."' Boasting that she "makes more money than she needs," Molloy laments that "within weeks of every promotion or pay rise I become agitated, as my feet itch to move forward." "Some people can struggle to be around the super-successful," she writes. They think I'm looking down on them and maybe sometimes, subconsciously, I am. My very high standards are not limited to my professional life. Molloy claims she has always had the Midas touch. When she was a child, she was a "champion gymnast," a "straight-A student from primary school to university" before going on to run seven marathons as an adult and securing a book deal by the age of 23 (smashing her original target of a book by 30). The article, which appears in today's Daily Mail under the headline "Being a success is so lonely and joyless. I wish I could be mediocre like my friends" provoked much ridicule from readers. Many drew comparisons to the internationally-maligned Samantha Brick, who wrote an article entitled Why women hate me for being beautiful In April last year. Here's a sample of readers' comments: This self-indulgent trash offends my senses. Please include a warning next time - novasigma , UK, United Kingdom She wishes she could be mediocre like her friends. After that comment, she will likely lose the few friends she had. - Laurieann , Minnesota USA Self-absorbent, insecure and boring. Get some therapy!!! - heatherasia , Calgary, Canada This must be Samantha Brick's long lost cousin. They should reunite and complain together about how horrible it is to be lonely because you're too pretty, successful or smart... DM are these types of articles a part of a series titled "Who can sound the most disingenuous?" Is the next one about how terrible it is to be filthy rich? - Cali2Tdot , New York, United States Get stuffed, Amy! Nobody wants to hear your "humblebrag." So, what is it you do then? Teach inner-city kids? No? Community building? Help other folks or just yourself? Oh, a journo......I see. Speaking truth to power, are you? Out comforting the afflicted? Just celebrating your own insufferability, far as I can tell. And talk about prime troll-bait, DM! She's as bad as Samantha Brickface. Take the shame... - Carl Schmidt , Pacific Northwest When Molloy tweeted the link to the article this morning, it was difficult to work out whether the few responses (in a sea of otherwise deafening silence) were genuine or sarcastic: Read the full story here