Do you mean doing academics and research on your own time outside of a job? Is it for fun or do you have some goal to accomplish in mind? I ask because getting

Do you mean doing academics and research on your own time outside of a job? Is it for fun or do you have some goal to accomplish in mind? I ask because getting published might be relatively easy to do. However whatever you publish may get lost in the million plus papers that get published each year. Perhaps there are more effective ways to let others know about your important ideas?