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Abstract: The article examines the use of the Russian verb “privyknut” (get used to) in the artistic prose of Andrej Platonov. The use of this verb in his works is full of those distinctive authorial connotations, showing his understanding of the “temporal” being of human life. This perspective is opposed to the “plan-based thinking” which played a role in Platonov’s younger years and socialism generally. However, as he grew older, with many tragedies, including his son’s early death and the Great Patriotic War, he got closer to a position that “to get used to” is one of the principal moments in the life of human existence, whatever it concerns; be it a sorrow, a death, or a happiness and love. It is possible to call this change of Platonov’s thought a “traditionalist deepening” if we consider that traditionalism or conservatism stands out for underlining the importance of customs and habits in a society which gets formed with the time flow of everyday life, not by the power of ideas and theories. In general, we can conclude that it is an antinomy between “plan-based thinking” and “to get used to,” ideals and ordinary life that characterize the artistic works of Platonov.