Bread makes waiting visible through a change that cannot be hurried by watching.

Dough rises at its own rate and takes no instruction from your attention. That is unusual in a life where most things can be pushed a little, and it is part of why baking calms people: here is a process with a real duration, indifferent to how keen you are. Standing over it changes nothing except how long the wait feels.

Set the timer and go and do something else, rather than lifting the cloth every few minutes. Then notice what other parts of your week have a fixed pace you have been trying to shorten. Some of them are dough, and will need what they need.