Read the OP a little more carefully, but here's the CliffNotes version:
You use the journal to advance your frame, then try to collect the egg as quickly as possible so you limit the interference from the NPCs. That's what the frame calibration phase is for - to see what frame you get when you collect the egg as quickly as possible WITHOUT journal taps. Then you use journal taps to get the frame you want.
Try it out, and solve problems one at time. You don't have to try to figure it out all at once, that'll just give you a headache.
You use the journal to advance your frame, then try to collect the egg as quickly as possible so you limit the interference from the NPCs. That's what the frame calibration phase is for - to see what frame you get when you collect the egg as quickly as possible WITHOUT journal taps. Then you use journal taps to get the frame you want.
Try it out, and solve problems one at time. You don't have to try to figure it out all at once, that'll just give you a headache.