A spiritual aspirant wrote:
When writing letter and describing my progress on daily mamoolat, acting on advise of Hazrat e wala db sometime it feels it is riya (ostentation). Please advise if writing everything in black and white to shaykh is correct? Jazaak Allah

Sayyidi wa sanadi Hazrat Moulana Mohammad Taqi Usmani sahib (Allah SWT preserve him and allow us to benefit from him abundantly. Ameen) replied:
“It is correct. It is not riya (ostentation).”

Meraj us Salikeen: Islahi Khutoot #6